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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”