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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else 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 defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”