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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”