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

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”