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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended 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 Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at 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 net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”