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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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