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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”