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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses 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 Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

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

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”