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Liverpool thumped at home by Forest as Arne Slot crisis worsens - 5 talking points

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LIVERPOOL 0-3 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Goals from Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White piled misery on Arne Slot as Sean Dyche guided the Tricky Trees to victoryLiverpool's Premier League title defence is in tatters after Nottingham Forest dished out another defeat to the champions. The midfielder scored after Alisson saved Omari Hutchinson's effort, for his third goal in as many games.READ MORE: Premier League Match Centre issue TWO statements after Liverpool vs Forest controversyREAD MORE: Ex-Liverpool star Luis Diaz to miss Arsenal clash as UEFA dish out lengthy banMirror Football takes a look at the talking points that arose as Liverpool slumped to a sixth defeat.Alisson is No.1Any questions over who Liverpool's No.1 option is were swiftly put to rest on Saturday.



But for him to get there, he might need to have minutes where you could argue that another player might be further ahead of him in terms of match fitness."“I can see in training sessions, if he is fully rested, then you can see his ­quality," Slot added. The coincidence that Liverpool see a goal given after Virgil van Dijk's effort was ruled out against Manchester City last time out, is almost unbelievable.Liverpool wrote to PGMOL on that occasion, and it appears that they were wrongfully denied a goal.

This for me, is a goal, it goes round the attacker on the right hand side, he's got a clear view."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 Allison and did not make an action that impacted an opponent.Goal correctly disallowed?Another moment of debate just minutes after the first. I can't see the hand."Premier League match centre explained the decision."The referee’s call of no goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that Jesus accidentally handled the ball before scoring."All clear?Forest hoodooEven in their spectacular title-winning season, Liverpool didn't pick up three points against Forest.