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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”