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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want 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 provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

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

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture 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.”