Nottingham Forest moved off the bottom of the Premier League table with a shock 1-0 win over Liverpool thanks to Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal early in the second half.
Match Report
Amid a frenzied atmosphere at the City Ground, Steve Cooper's side competed throughout to earn their first win since August as Liverpool's recent revival was dramatically halted. Jurgen Klopp's wait for a first away win of the Premier League season continues.
It was a disjointed performance throughout by Liverpool. Robbed of Darwin Nunez as well as Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota, it was left to Mohamed Salah to lead the way but the best chances all fell to Virgil van Dijk - with Dean Henderson saving brilliantly from him in stoppage time.
The scenes of celebration at full-time were extraordinary, belief renewed that Forest can really enjoy rather than merely endure their return to the Premier League. Only goal difference keeps them out of the drop zone. Liverpool? They stay seventh.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
8' CLOSE! Carvalho's shot saved
10' CHANCE! Firmino's header wide out
19' CHANCE! Kouyate's long shot saved by Alisson
30' MISS! Salah's shot saved
53' Yellow Card! Joe Gomez booked
54' GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool (Taiwo Awoniyi)
77' CHANCE! Yates' shot saved by Alisson
85' CLOSE! Alexander-Arnold's header denied
86' SAVE! Alisson stops Yates with decent save
Line-ups
Nottingham Forest XI: Kouyate, Freuler, Steve Cook, Aurier, Lingard, Dean Henderson, Scott McKenna, Taiwo Awoniyi, Gibbs-White, Ryan Yates, Neco Williams
Subs: Hennessey, Boly, Mangala, Sam Surridge, Joe Worrall, Bonaventure, Lodi, Giulian Biancone, Brennan Johnson
Liverpool XI: Milner, Alisson, Firmino, Salah, Van Dijk, Fabinho, Robertson, Joe Gomez, Fabio Carvalho, Curtis Jones, Elliott
Subs: Henderson, Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Nathaniel Phillips, Bobby Clark, Stefan Bajcetic
Dennisdarko
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What a great savior TAIWO AWONIYI.Let’s go NOTTINGHAM FOREST. Don’t pass without Liking if you’re happy Liverpool lost😂
xcphantom
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SIx years as a Liverpool FC player: 0️⃣ appearances Goals against Liverpool: 1️⃣ 🔥🔥🔥 AFRICA BROTHER IS ON FIRE
PatrickBarca
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This is exactly what wild animals will do to you if you Decide to Walk Alone in the Forest
FemiBalogun
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take from the rich and give it to the poor... ladies and gentlemen I present to you the ROBIN WOOD of EPL
Nino_Luxury
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Today's excuse
joeejyk
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Nothingham have left Liverpool to Walk Alone in the Land of Evil Forest[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Dixonmande
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so liverpool decided to remove points from man city n give it to struggling Nottingham !!?? Most generous team ever
UyiGentle
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Taiwo Awoniyi scoring against his old club Liverpool after being sold by them last year
Gaffer123
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Liverpool trying hard to fix there defense when vandirk has turn to magguire pro max😂😂
Doxmang
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TAIWO AWONIYI is a patient man 🇳🇬 - signed by Liverpool in 2015 - Denied work permit - Played for 6 clubs - Granted UK work permit in 2021 - Signed for Nottingham Forest - Scored against Liverpool 2022 NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS 🦅.
fan4ever
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“Nobody can compete with Nottingham Forest. They made the most summer signings in the world. We can’t act like them at Liverpool. It is not possible.”🤣🤣
JeffreyEse
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Our Nigerian 🇳🇬 brother doing the damage , we love ❤️ you bro 🩸
badminton
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GIF GIF GIF!: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53396724&language=en
BALLS
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this is getting out of hand now we just need mane back ,as a fan am sick and tired this rubbish
febdeiklpy
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what is going on in this term i am even shock
PatrickBarca
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TAIWO AWONIYI is a patient man 🇳🇬 - signed by Liverpool in 2015 - Denied work permit - Played for 6 clubs - Granted UK work permit in 2021 - Signed for Nottingham Forest - Scored against Liverpool 2022 NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS 🦅.
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Adamusadiku7
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Kloop destroyed CITY and saved FOREST, he is true environmentalist
Peterdelaxy
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What a great savior TAIWO AWONIYI.Let’s go NOTTINGHAM FOREST. Don’t pass without Liking if you’re happy Liverpool lost😂
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i wish i could give you thousand + votes
UyiGentle
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Cheikhou Kouyate’s game by numbers vs. Liverpool: 75% pass accuracy 11 ball recoveries [🏅] 4 ground duels won 3 key passes 3 tackles won 1/1 dribbles completed 1 shot on target 1 big chance created Dominant. 👊