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.
2022/2023 Premier League
1-0
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