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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”