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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”