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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility 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,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide 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 performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”