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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

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

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”