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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede go in.”