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

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

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