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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”