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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “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, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”