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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”