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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium 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 change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”