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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”