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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”