Nottingham Forest achieved a major Premier League surprise at Anfield by beating defending Champions Liverpool 3-0 and thus managed to win two matches in a row on Merseyside, which is great for their survival challenge.
Liverpool came out of the blocks with good play and were very close to scoring in the early minutes. Just when Cody Gakpo pass perfectly found Alexis Mac Allister, who was about to score, until Elliot Anderson performed an unbelievable goal-line clearance. In the next few minutes, Mo Salah dribble past three defenders and set up Milos Kerkez, who fired his shot over the bar but Liverpool kept knocking.
However, Forest were the ones who took the lead first and it was against the run of play. After a corner, there was total confusion in the Liverpool area which Murillo took advantage of to score the goal of the game with a razor-sharp shot into the bottom corner of the net. Igor Jesus was momentarily convinced that he had rescued Liverpool before VAR intervened and disallowed the goal for handball.
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This loss is Liverpool’s worst home league defeat under Slot, while Forest convey their safety with a performance to be remembered.
