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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” 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. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”