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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple 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 out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”