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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility 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 Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first 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 score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible 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 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”