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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter 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 something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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