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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”