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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”