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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

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

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

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