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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph 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 different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. 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 good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

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