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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”