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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”