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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”