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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”