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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 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 similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”