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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”