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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with 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 unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”