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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”