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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”