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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects 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 answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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