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 facet had been but to concede a league purpose 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 supplied him the time and area to measure a shot from 20 yards, beckoned to strive his luck by the travelling help behind the purpose. He obliged, bending a superbly exact strike past Alisson at full stretch.
“We lost the ball so many times in simple positions,” Slot mentioned. “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 a lot however lacked any leading edge as each remaining go or tried end didn’t hit the right mark.
Their 14 photographs at purpose – 5 heading in the right direction – had been an indication of the house facet’s apparent dominance, however not like the opening three weeks of the marketing campaign the place they scored seven occasions, had been unable to transform such superiority into something tangible.
In the meantime, every little thing Forest did paid off.
Each workforce choice – Ryan Yates and James Ward-Prowse had 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. Recreation plan executed to perfection.
