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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, 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 come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”