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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”