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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”