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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”