Taiwo Awoniyi struck the winner to carry Nottingham Forest off the underside of the desk courtesy of a shock 1-0 victory at residence to Liverpool.
The Nigerian ahead, who spent six years with the Merseysiders with out enjoying a aggressive recreation on account of visa points, capped an brisk show with a close-range end on 55 minutes.
Liverpool loved 74 per cent of the possession within the first interval however struggled to seek out their finest type with Virgil van Dijk one way or the other heading the very best of their possibilities off course.
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Forest have been an occasional menace on the break however made it rely following the restart when Awoniyi was readily available to faucet residence a rebound off the publish after the guests did not take care of a free kick.
Liverpool struggled to discover a response and Ryan Yates nearly prolonged Forest’s successful margin, however he was thwarted by Alisson late on.
The outcome sees Forest rise as much as nineteenth forward of the remainder of the weekend’s motion, whereas Liverpool are seventh and will nicely fall additional off the top-four tempo as they’re 4 factors off Chelsea having performed a recreation extra.
Liverpool will now change focus to Wednesday’s Champions League conflict at Ajax earlier than enjoying host to Leeds within the Premier League on Saturday evening. Forest go to Arsenal on Sunday.
Speaking Level
HUGE LIFT FOR FOREST AS LIVERPOOL HAVE NO ANSWER. Simply six days on from a win over Manchester Metropolis that many felt would see Liverpool lastly hit their finest type, comes a significant blow for Klopp and Co.
Forest have been worthy winners in the long run because the Merseysiders produced a laboured show the place they struggled to benefit from giant spells of possession and a few good possibilities. It’s an enormous backward step and is dangerous to their top-four hopes, with speak of the title manner off the mark on this proof.
Certainly, Liverpool have now did not win any of their first 5 away league matches. They’ve solely had a worse begin on their travels on two events in PL historical past and there’ll clearly be grave questions requested following the character of this loss.
As for Forest, there are clear indicators that Steve Cooper and his gamers are starting to discover a stream and understanding. The inflow of such numerous gamers has led to a tough begin to life again within the top-flight, however with the break that may include the World Cup, Forest followers might be hopeful time spent on the coaching pitch for almost all of their gamers will pay dividends within the second half of the season.
Participant of the match
Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest). The 25-year-old had a thankless process at instances as he appeared to feed on scraps on the break. He did an excellent job and prompted the visiting rearguard loads of bother all through his time on the pitch. Deserved his objective and will become an actual followers’ favorite on the Metropolis Floor.
Participant Rankings
NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Henderson 7, Williams 7, Prepare dinner 7, McKenna 7, Aurier 7, Freuler 7, Yates 7, Kouyate 8, Lingard 6, Gibbs-White 6, Awoniyi 8. Subs: Worrall 6, Johnson 6, Lodi 6, Mangala n/a.
LIVERPOOL: Alisson 7, Milner 6, Gomez 6, Van Dijk 6, Robertson 6, Fabinho 6, Jones 6, Elliott 6, Carvalho 6, Salah 6, Firmino 6. Subs: Henderson 6, Alexander-Arnold 6, Oxlade-Chamberlain 6.
Match Highlights
10’ – LIVERPOOL CHANCES! Elliott picks out Carvalho’s run by means of the center. The ahead produces an excellent contact to race in on objective however cannot stab his end past Henderson. Liverpool come once more however Firmino heads a superb alternative from a right-wing nook off course.
31’ – NOTTINGHAM FOREST CHANCE! The house workforce break by means of Awoniyi, who units up Lingard to rifle in a agency strike that’s too near Alisson.
37’ – LIVERPOOL CHANCE! Van Dijk meets Milner’s whipped cross however heads throughout objective when he appeared odds-on to bury it. He ought to have scored.
55’ – GOAL! – Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool. The hosts catch Liverpool chilly at a free kick. Yates hits the publish and Awoniyi flashes within the rebound.
59’ – NOTTINGHAM FOREST CHANCE! Gibbs-White has to attain when he collects Awoniyi’s go within the space, however Milner is throughout to make a goal-saving block.
85’ – LIVERPOOL CHANCE! Alexander-Arnold has a again publish header nicely saved by Henderson after a neat transfer down the left carved the house aspect open.
86’ – NOTTINGHAM FOREST CHANCE! Yates darts on to Gibbs-White’s intelligent go however sees his lifted effort brilliantly blocked by Alisson.
90+3’ – LIVERPOOL CHANCE! Van Dijk meets a left-wing nook however his downward header is saved out by a giant left arm from Henderson.
Key Stats
Awoniyi is the primary Nottingham Forest participant to attain in every of his first three Premier League begins on the Metropolis Floor.
Liverpool have misplaced three of their 11 Premier League video games in 2022-23, another than they’d misplaced in the entire of the 2021-22 marketing campaign (2 of 38).
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