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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour 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 fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”