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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough 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 several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”