I just rewatched Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest and here are three things I noticed the second time - opinion

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It was a quiet Tuesday evening, so I decided to suffer through a rewatch of Liverpool’s unimpressive win over Nottingham Forest to see if I missed anything on the first go. His touch was loose, he wasn’t playing with the same intensity we’re used to seeing from him, and he looked erratic in the final third.

What hurts his case in that regard is that Rio Ngumoha is in the same boat, and was maybe Liverpool’s best player on the day. His play has become so one-dimensional, and Ngumoha makes that very apparent.One thing I haven’t really taken notice of before is how disjointed he and Hugo Ekitike are when they (attempt to) link up.Maybe it’s the fact that Gakpo constantly cuts into the Frenchman’s position, or that Ekitike is unable to drift out onto the left as much when his teammate is waiting out there half the time, but they just don’t play with any sort of fluidity.

There was no getting past him.When I did Liverpool player ratings after Forest, I only gave the captain a 6/10. He may be getting up there, but this is still one of the best centre-backs in the world.