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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”