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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”