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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”