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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole 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 every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”