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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”