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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created 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: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league games against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

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