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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself first 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 score a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”