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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”