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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning 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 sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”