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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”