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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not 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 fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”