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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”