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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested 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 Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”