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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”