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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants 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 team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly 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 something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons 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 fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”