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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”