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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

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

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”