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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent 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 initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”