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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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