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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”