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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”