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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”