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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, 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 losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered 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 dominant team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”