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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient 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 the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”