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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”