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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

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

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”