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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain'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 refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph 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 doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. 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.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”