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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising 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 whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”