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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”