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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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