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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”