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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas 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 accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”