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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes 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 fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”