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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone 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 all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said 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 match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where 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 present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”