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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe 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 game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”