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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”