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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress 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 enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”