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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier 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.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”