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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”