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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough 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 the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”