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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team 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 much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”