Liverpool v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live

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Because this specific fixture messed with his mind something chronic. In an otherwise sensational start to his time with the Reds – 18 wins out of his first 20 games – the one L blotting up Slot’s landscape was Nottingham Forest at Anfield.

Slot never stopped referencing it, an itch he couldn’t scratch.The following autumn, Forest rocked up at Anfield again, and this time routed Slot’s side 3-0. That was part of a different kind of sensational sequence – nine losses in 12 – from which his reign never recovered.

Having said all that, Forest haven’t exactly flown out of the traps under their new boss, with back-to-back losses to Leeds in league and cup, and there’s one other famous staging of this fixture that will give Liverpool fans hope. So this isn’t an easy one to predict.