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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “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 game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances 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 every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”