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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”