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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”