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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”