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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”