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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”