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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. 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 good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”