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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 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 game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”