Another disastrous performance this season for Liverpool. After Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Manchester United, Brentford and Manchester City, this time it was Nottingham Forest who claimed the scalp of the Reds in the league this Saturday (0-3, 12th day of the Premier League). The visitors were able to be effective on their offensive opportunities. Quite the opposite of Mohamed Salah and his partners. This fourth defeat in the last five days of the championship drops Liverpool to eleventh place while Forest leaves the red zone.
Extremely active at the start of the match, Murillo managed to open the scoring for the Tricky Trees just after the half-hour mark (0-1, 33rd). Before that, Liverpool also created chances (8th, 30th), but the opposing goalkeeper and defense resisted. This first goal of the season for Murillo in any case gave wings to the visitors. Igor Jesus thought he doubled the lead two minutes later, but the VAR canceled his goal (35th).
Trailing at the break, the locals will begin the second half by immediately conceding a second goal, the work of Nicolo Savona (0-2, 46th). Ten minutes later, Arne Slot brought on Hugo Ekitike in place of Ibrahima Konaté to strengthen his attack. The Reds will press, press again, press again. In vain. And opposite, realism will strike again. With a cross shot from the left, Morgan Gibbs-White will bring the score to 0-3 (78th). And Forest will resist until the final whistle.
Liverpool, six wins and six defeats in the PL
After twelve days of the championship, Liverpool has a record of six victories and as many defeats. Far, very far from the results that a title candidate could hope for at the start of the season. While waiting for the Arsenal match this Sunday, the Reds are eight points behind the leader. An atmosphere of crisis could quickly set in at Anfield.
In the other matches of the afternoon, West Ham led 0-2 at Bournemouth before being caught at the end of the game (2-2). Brighton overthrew Brentford (2-1). Régis Le Bris’ Sunderland fell at Fulham (1-0) and Wolverhampton, more bottom of the table than ever, conceded a tenth setback, this time against Crystal Palace (0-2).
