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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

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

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”