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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

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