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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”