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

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”