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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. 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 Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time 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 dominant side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”