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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”