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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”