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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

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