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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”