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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons 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 made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. 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 perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”