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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time 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 create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”