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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

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

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time 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 create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”