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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

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