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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”