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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

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

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”