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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”