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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”