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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield 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 commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”