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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”