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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended 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 national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”