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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before 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 officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”