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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 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 demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived 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 able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”