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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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