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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of 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 much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”