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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”