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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”