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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

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

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net 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 league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. 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 penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”