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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. 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 far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”