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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “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 match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”