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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”