Liverpool in disarray as Nottingham Forest storm Anfield again with 3-0 win

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Nottingham Forest’s victory at Anfield last season was a blip in an otherwise commanding Premier League home campaign for Liverpool. A Forest defender just did enough to pressure the full back into firing over.Slot has frequently bemoaned Liverpool’s vulnerability to counterattacks and set pieces this season.

There were echoes of Van Dijk’s disallowed goal against Manchester City in the visitors’ opener with Dan Ndoye standing in an offside position in front of Liverpool’s fit-again keeper Alisson.Unsurprisingly, the Liverpool captain was quick to point out the similarities to the referee, Andrew Madley. The Premier League confirmed: “The referee’s call of goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that Ndoye was not in the line of vision of Alisson and did not make an action that impacted an opponent.”Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister and Alexander Isak look dejected at a heavy home defeat.

Konaté, who endured a dreadful afternoon, made an unconvincing attempt to clear an Ibrahim Sangaré cross and turned the ball against the Forest striker, who controlled before finding the bottom corner of Alisson’s goal. The former Liverpool defender spun away from his marker and laid Forest’s second on a plate for fellow full back Nicolò Savona, who found Alisson’s top corner with a simple side-foot finish.skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionSlot went for broke, replacing Konaté with Hugo Ekitiké after 55 minutes and partnering the France forward alongside Isak.