Iraola’s Liverpool start slow again but Muñoz strike denies Nottingham Forest

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A superb finish from Liverpool’s summer signing Víctor Muñoz cancelled out Morgan Gibbs-White’s penalty, after Alexander Isak had done the same to Dan Ndoye’s opener.“I’ve got two emotions,” said Oliver Glasner. It could and should have been a win, but after 60, 65 minutes our defending was not as clinical.”Iraola’s irritations veered from his team’s first-half display to the bizarre situation of being unable to make a triple substitution because the assistant’s electronic board would not work.

First-time long balls released Ndoye behind the defence twice in the opening six minutes and, while the attacking midfielder lost his footing on both occasions, Liverpool failed to deal with the source of their problems.Víctor Muñoz marks his first league start with Liverpool’s equaliser. Having cleared a Forest corner, Liverpool were undone by Matz Sels’s long clearance back over their defence to Jesus.The striker, just onside, held up the goalkeeper’s delivery despite the close attentions of Jacquet and Alexis Mac Allister to find Gibbs-White, who rolled a simple pass to the unmarked Ndoye.

Alisson produced a superb, crucial save to turn the striker’s first-time shot on to his crossbar.Morgan Gibbs-White restores Nottingham Forest’s lead from the penalty spot. Gibbs-White swept an emphatic penalty kick to the keeper’s right as Alisson dived left.Liverpool, improved by the substitutions, fought back for a second time when Wirtz pierced the defence with an excellent pass behind Murillo to Muñoz.