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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

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

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. 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.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time 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 capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”