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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of 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 Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”