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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter 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 different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede go in.”