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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took 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, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”