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Nottingham Forest started the time bottommost of the Premier LeagueNottingham Forest produced a superb show to daze Liverpool and ascent disconnected the bottommost of the Premier League astatine a boisterous City Ground.
Taiwo Awoniyi, who near Liverpool successful 2021 without making a competitory appearance, deed the victor from adjacent scope aft his archetypal effort came backmost disconnected a post.
Liverpool were a agelong mode from their champion - Virgil van Dijk wasted their champion accidental - and stay without an distant league triumph this season.
Forest could person won by a much handsome margin, with Morgan Gibbs-White's effort deflected implicit earlier substitute Brennan Johnson was denied by Liverpool keeper Alisson.
There were jubilant scenes connected and disconnected the transportation astatine the last whistle arsenic Forest enjoyed their champion time since returning to the apical formation this play aft a 23-year absence.
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Forest excavation heavy for celebrated win
Forest person endured a hard commencement to their archetypal play backmost successful the Premier League, but this was a time to retrieve arsenic they thoroughly deserved their triumph implicit a level Liverpool.
Given Forest slumped to the bottommost of the array connected Thursday with Leicester's triumph implicit Leeds, brag Steve Cooper volition anticipation this is simply a season-changing win.
Despite their struggles since winning promotion, Forest awarded Cooper a caller declaration until 2025 this month.
While Bournemouth, Chelsea, Wolves and Aston Villa person sacked managers, Forest person decided to enactment diligent with theirs and person present secured 4 points from the past 2 games.
Forest took the crippled to Liverpool from the archetypal whistle and, by the clip referee Paul Tierney blew for full-time, they had tally themselves into the ground.
They person got into a wont of conceding leads this play - astir notably erstwhile they led Bournemouth 2-0 lone to suffer 3-2 - but survived immoderate frantic precocious Liverpool unit to unafraid a celebrated win.
Three of their adjacent 5 league games are against Arsenal (away), Manchester United (away) and Chelsea (home), but this memorable triumph volition springiness them confidence.
Liverpool's play takes a measurement backwards
Questions volition beryllium asked of manager Jurgen Klopp astir Liverpool's mediocre display. It could person been worse for the visitors but Johnson deed a station successful the closing moments with Alisson good disconnected his line.
Liverpool looked to beryllium getting backmost into immoderate benignant of bushed with wins implicit Rangers successful the Champions League followed by back-to-back Premier League victories implicit Manchester City and West Ham.
This, however, was a cardinal miles distant from the gripping triumph implicit City six days ago.
Trent Alexander-Arnold went adjacent to salvaging a constituent adjacent the end, yet this was a sluggish show earlier the travel to Amsterdam for the Champions League crippled with Ajax.
On a time erstwhile Liverpool's play went backwards, Klopp volition request a overmuch improved show connected Wednesday.
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Nottingham Forest
Squad number1Player nameHenderson
Squad number24Player nameAurier
Squad number3Player nameS Cook
Squad number26Player nameMcKenna
Squad number7Player nameN Williams
Squad number22Player nameYates
Squad number23Player nameFreuler
Squad number21Player nameKouyaté
Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi
Squad number11Player nameLingard
Squad number4Player nameWorrall
Squad number5Player nameMangala
Squad number20Player nameJohnson
Squad number32Player nameRenan Lodi
Liverpool
Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number7Player nameMilner
Squad number2Player nameGomez
Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
Squad number26Player nameRobertson- Squad number19Player nameElliott
- Squad number3Player nameFabinho
- Squad number17Player nameJones
- Squad number28Player nameFábio Carvalho
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
Squad number9Player nameRoberto Firmino
Squad number14Player nameHenderson
Squad number15Player nameOxlade-Chamberlain
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold
Line-ups
Nottm Forest
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Henderson
- 24Aurier
- 3S Cook
- 26McKenna
- 7N WilliamsSubstituted forLodi dos Santosat 73'minutes
- 22Yates
- 23FreulerBooked astatine 89mins
- 21KouyatéSubstituted forMangalaat 80'minutes
- 10Gibbs-White
- 9AwoniyiSubstituted forWorrallat 64'minutesBooked astatine 88mins
- 11LingardSubstituted forJohnsonat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Biancone
- 4Worrall
- 5Mangala
- 13Hennessey
- 16Surridge
- 20Johnson
- 25Dennis
- 30Boly
- 32Lodi dos Santos
Liverpool
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Alisson
- 7MilnerSubstituted forAlexander-Arnoldat 62'minutes
- 2GomezBooked astatine 54mins
- 4van Dijk
- 26Robertson
- 19Elliott
- 3Fabinho
- 17Jones
- 28Freitas Gouveia CarvalhoSubstituted forHendersonat 62'minutes
- 11Salah
- 9FirminoSubstituted forOxlade-Chamberlainat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 13Adrián
- 14Henderson
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 21Tsimikas
- 42Clark
- 43Bajcetic
- 47Phillips
- 62Kelleher
- 66Alexander-Arnold
Referee:Paul Tierney
Attendance:29,245
Live Text
Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Liverpool 0.
Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Liverpool 0.
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White tries a done ball, but Brennan Johnson is caught offside.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dean Henderson.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a headed pass.
Foul by Alisson (Liverpool).
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt saved. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joe Worrall.
Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) near footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a transverse pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellowish card.
Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Renan Lodi (Nottingham Forest).
Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellowish card.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Alisson.
Attempt saved. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical close corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
Foul by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool).
Sèrge Aurier (Nottingham Forest) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
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