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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”