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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “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 scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent 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 opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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