Key occasions
80 min Forest carry on Orel Mangala for the completely shattered Cheikhou Kouyate. He’s been terrific.
78 min Robertson’s outswinging nook is headed down by Van Dijk and cleared by Prepare dinner.
77 min Kouyate rumbles into the realm from the left and picks out Yates on the sting of the realm. His shot is barely tame and deflects via to Alisson. That was an opportunity for Forest.
77 min: Liverpool substitution Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces… Roberto Firmino. That’s a little bit of a shock, even when Firmino hasn’t been nice at this time.
73 min Forest are 17 minutes away from a well-known victory, one that may transfer them off the underside of the desk.
72 min One other change for Forest. Renan Lodi replaces Neco Williams at left-back.
72 min “Sunday seems like a very long time in the past, all of a sudden,” says Matt Dony.
71 min Alexander-Arnold’s cross is deflected in direction of Jones on the sting of the realm. He takes it on the chest and hits a volley straight at Henderson.
70 min Kouyate has given himself cramp with that run. Forest’s midfield three – Kouyate, Yates and Freueler – has been actually glorious at this time.
69 min: Good save from Alisson! One other glorious counter-attack from Forest. Kouyate fees the size of the sphere, enjoying a long-range one-two with Gibbs-White within the course of, and crosses low in direction of Johnson on the close to publish. He doesn’t join correctly with a first-time shot on the run and it’s pushed around the publish by the diving Alisson.
66 min The strain is mounting. Alexander-Arnold’s cross is shinned behind by Prepare dinner, and he trots throughout to take the nook. It’s headed away fantastically by Prepare dinner, beneath all types of strain from Van Dijk on the far publish.
65 min Forest lose the ball in a harmful space, however Firmino’s cutback evades each Salah and Jones within the center.
64 min A double substitution for Forest. Joe Worrall and Brennan Johnson change the goalscorer Taiwo Awoniyi, who has run himself into the bottom, and Jesse Lingard. Meaning a swap to a again 5.
63 min: Probability for Liverpool! Alexander-Arnold’s depraved inswinging nook is headed into the bottom and over the bar by Firmino, six yards out. He noticed it very late, and needed to stoop to make contact, so it wasn’t a simple likelihood.
62 min Liverpool make a double substitution: Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold change James Milner, who was glorious truly, and Fabio Carvalho.
58 min: Nice defending from Milner! Forest nearly make it two. Awoniyi leads a four-on-three break from a Liverpool nook and performs the ball throughout to Gibbs-White within the space. He takes a contact and sidefoots a shot that’s brilliantly blocked by the sliding Milner.
57 min: Good save from Henderson! Milner slides a move infield to the onrushing Elliott, whose right-footed shot is pushed around the close to publish by Henderson.
57 min Robertson and Fabinho has a little bit of a disagreement after the aim. It’s actually exhausting to reconcile torpid, sloppy performances like that with the relentless brilliance we’ve seen from Liverpool over the previous 5 years.
The free-kick for that Gomez foul was launched throughout the sphere to Prepare dinner on the best. He hammered a cross right into a crowded space that was shinned in opposition to the publish by Awoniyi. The ball got here straight again to him, and he volleyed it gleefully into the roof of the web from six yards.
GOAL! Nottm Forest 1-0 Liverpool (Awoniyi 55)
Taiwo Awoniyi has scored in opposition to his previous membership!
54 min Gomez is booked for pulling again Awoniyi, who received the ball on the midway line and wa smaking his method in direction of aim. Steve Cooper thinks it ought to be a pink card, however he was too distant for it to be regarded a transparent goalscoring alternative.
53 min Liverpool have a hopeful penalty attraction turned down when Elliott runs into Prepare dinner.
52 min Milner’s free-kick finds Salah utterly unmarked, 12 yards out, however he makes an entire mess of an tried volley. He had time to carry that down. The ball runs throughout to Carvalho, who sprays over the bar.
51 min Liverpool’s harm record means they don’t have many attacking choices on the bench. The most effective is a right-back, Trent Alexander-Arnold, although additionally they have Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Bobby Clark.
50 min Milner’s deep, floated cross is headed off beam by Carvalho, who noticed it very late, and McKenna is ready to clear from contained in the six-yard field.
48 min Williams hits a long-range shot that’s blocked by Gomez. That was fairly a promising Forest break however Williams took the mistaken possibility.
46 min Peep peep! Liverpool start the second half.
“Salah was down for about two minutes,” says David Buckley. “The match stopped. But there was just one minute of added time. Are you able to clarify that one to me?”
No. You’re welcome.
“Speaking about mid-90s nostalgia,” says Bogdan Kotarlic, “I keep in mind (I don`t know why) Leicester Metropolis, their nice Filbert Road stadium , their stunning blue package and their superior gamers Emile Heskey, Muzzy Izzet, Steve Guppy and Neil Lennon. Nice days!”
Half-time studying
That is pleasant stuff.
Half time: Nottm Forest 0-0 Liverpool
Forest have annoyed Liverpool with a fiercely decided defensive efficiency. That they had their moments on the counter too, particularly via Taiwo Awoniyi, although Liverpool had the perfect likelihood when Virgil van Dijk inexplicably turned down a header from six yards.
44 min Salah appears okay. He’s been very quiet, however there are not any indicators of again hassle.
42 min “Enormous weekend for mid-90s nostalgia,” says Neill Brown. “New report launched by Leftfield; Suede on Jools Holland; Forest v Liverpool within the Premier League; me being awake after 11pm; the UK just a few years away from a non-Tory authorities; Liverpool in unattractive white outfits. What a time to be barely alive! Anyway, this sport wants a aim.”
41 min Kouyate flies right into a deal with on Elliott and is fortunate to not be booked. Elliott jumps straight to his toes, when many gamers would have tried to get him in hassle.
39 min I’m nonetheless attempting to make sense of that van Dijk header.
37 min: What an opportunity for van Dijk! Milner’s nook is headed again to him on the best. He curls an excellent left-footed cross to search out van Dijk unmarked on the far publish, six yards out. For some motive he tries to go it sq. to Firmino somewhat than going for aim, and the ball drifts behind for a goalkick. That was extremely bizarre; all he needed to do was plant a comparatively easy header previous Henderson.
35 min Firmino turns Prepare dinner fantastically however then overhits a lofted via ball to Elliott.
35 min Salah is again on the sphere.