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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by 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 extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”