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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient 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 changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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