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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games 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 face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”