Liverpool hunch to shock 1-0 dwelling defeat by Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest’s Callum Hudson-Odoi celebrates scoring their first objective with James Ward-Prowse, Chris Wooden and Ryan Yates
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An excellent second-half objective from substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi gave Nottingham Forest the most important shock win of the Premier League season as far as they beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield on Saturday (September 14, 2024).

The win was Forest’s first at Anfield since 1969 and the gamers and the away followers celebrated accordingly as the house crowd was left to rue a rudderless show from the Reds that lacked a innovative.

Liverpool dominated the opening half and Luis Diaz got here near breaking the impasse within the seventeenth minute, hustling to maintain the ball in play on the Forest goal-line and chopping inside earlier than firing a rasping shot off the close to publish.

Two minutes later Mohamed Salah crossed superbly with the skin of his left boot for Dominik Szoboszlai to go simply extensive as Liverpool elevated the strain.

In fact although, Salah was being well-shackled by Forest fullback Alex Moreno, who was relentless in his pursuit of the Egyptian earlier than being changed late on.

Liverpool coach Arne Slot will need to have suspected that it was not going to be his day when Forest keeper Matz Sels took over late within the first half, scrambling to maintain out a Trent Alexander-Arnold nook that nearly dipped beneath the bar, and saving well from a Carlos Mac Allister header a minute later.

Selz then nearly gifted Liverpool the lead earlier than the break as Diaz ballooned a header up within the air and the goalkeeper nearly clawed it into his personal internet as he tried to gather it, however fortunately he was capable of get better and avert the hazard.

For all the probabilities they created within the first half, all too typically the Liverpool attackers discovered themselves on totally different wavelengths, and far of their play lacked their common fluidity as probabilities went begging.

Their wastefulness was punished within the 72nd minute as Anthony Elanga discovered his fellow substitute Hudson-Odoi with a superb crossfield ball, and the 23-year-old winger lower inside earlier than curling an amazing effort previous goalkeeper Alisson.

Having convincingly received all of their opening three league video games beneath Arne Slot with out conceding a objective, Liverpool regarded in need of concepts as they sought to come back again. A Virgil van Dijk header from a nook that flew over was the closest they got here to an equaliser.