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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”