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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”