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Learn more Steven Gerrard slammed Jeremie Frimpong, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo as Liverpool headed into half-time during their Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon trailing. As Liverpool walked down the tunnel trailing by a goal on home soil, Gerrard failed to hold his tongue in his assessment of Forest's finish.
While Mac Allister made contact to dispossess Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White was in a fantastic position to immediately spread the ball white to Ndoye, who was in acres of space as a result of Gakpo and Frimpong being out of position and leaving a huge hole on the right.Breaking down the shoddy showing of defending, Gerrard said: "There's the punt, you've got to win the first ball - this ball here, it's very important that Mac Allister wins it. So Frimpong's gone for the first press, Gakpo has to become the right-back, he has to recover quicker, get back into defence, get back into position and make sure Ndoye doesn't get that shot on goal.
He's ball-watching and they get punished for it."Cody Gakpo was criticised by Steven Gerrard (Image: Getty)Liverpool started the second-half in brighter fashion, with Alexander Isak levelling matters on the 60-minute mark, Gakpo finding the Swedish striker at the back post for a tap-in. The Brazilian caught the Forest full-back on the leg after the ball was played, with Sam Barrott immediately pointing to the spot.While Virgil van Dijk did his best to put James McAtee off his game as he stood waiting 12 yards out, the midfielder pased the ball over to Gibbs-White, who hit it straight down the middle to make it 2-1.
