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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, 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 chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”