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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘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 losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected 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 maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”