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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”