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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role 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 strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”