Liverpool dropped factors for the primary time this season after a second-half stunner from Callum Hudson-Odoi earned Nottingham Forest their first victory at Anfield in 55 years.
Arne Slot’s aspect have been but to concede a league objective this time period, earlier than the introduction of Hudson-Odoi from the Forest bench, with Nuno Espirito Santo masterminding the unlikeliest of 1-0 wins.
The substitute scored the winner within the 72nd minute after Liverpool’s retreating backline provided him the time and house to measure a shot from 20 yards, beckoned to attempt his luck by the travelling assist behind the objective. He obliged, bending a superbly exact strike past Alisson at full stretch.
“We lost the ball so many times in simple positions,” Slot stated. “It wasn’t good enough, too many individual performances were not of the standard I’m used to. It’s a big setback.”
Liverpool, with lofty ambitions in Slot’s first season in cost, created lots however lacked any leading edge as each closing go or tried end didn’t hit the right mark.
Their 14 pictures at objective – 5 on track – have been an indication of the house aspect’s apparent dominance, however not like the opening three weeks of the marketing campaign the place they scored seven occasions, have been unable to transform such superiority into something tangible.
In the meantime, every part Forest did paid off.
Each workforce choice – Ryan Yates and James Ward-Prowse have been amongst 4 modifications, chosen to pack the center of the park – and formation labored to stifle and frustrate Liverpool. Substitutions labored completely with Anthony Elanga and Hudson-Odoi combining for the winner. Sport plan executed to perfection.
