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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible 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 acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”