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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

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