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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current 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 far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”