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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire 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 fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”