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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”