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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”