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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, 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 game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”