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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”