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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility 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 Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”