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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never 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 display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”