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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not 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 Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”