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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”