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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable 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 good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”