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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”