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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 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 score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”