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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient 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 unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight 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 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”