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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later 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 considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”