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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

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

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”