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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable 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 against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing 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 game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”