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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”