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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”