Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League result, score and reaction as Mohamed Salah scores again
The Reds play after Luis Diaz’s parents were kidnapped in his home country of Colombia
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The 2023/24 Premier League season is under way and you can follow every game and every goal right here with The Independent.
Liverpool host Nottingham Forest on Sunday and emotions will be running high at Anfield, after the news that the parents of star forward Luis Diaz were kidnapped in Colombia. Diaz is naturally left out of the team as the club support his welfare.
In on-pitch matters, Liverpool are in the top four and can move to within three points of league leaders Spurs with a win, while Forest can go 11th if they cause an upset - though they’ve only won once on the road so far this term.
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Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
The visitors have accumulated just 0.13 xG (expected goals) so far. They will have to create more in attack if they are to pull off an unlikely comeback.
Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
Salah has been directly involved in 17 goals in his last 13 Premier League appearances at Anfield for Liverpool (14 goals, three assists), either scoring or assisting in every appearance. He is yet to register a goal involvement in this outing, though.
Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
After not drawing consecutive games across any of their first 44 games back in the Premier League between August 2022 and September 2023, Forest have drawn all three games in October. Forest have not drawn four consecutive league games since January 2016, a run that looks likely to continue here.
Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
Salah cuts onto his dangerous left foot and tries to pick out the far corner, but he does not get it quite right and the ball loops over the target.
Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
The visitors get the ball rolling again for the second half.
Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
Forest had just 25.7 per cent of possession in that opening 45 minutes and are yet to have a shot on target. Cooper would have expected a tough outing at Anfield, but he will surely be frustrated by just how little his team have shown going forward.
Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
The teams head back to the changing rooms at Anfield with Liverpool in control, 2-0 up thanks to goals from Jota and Nunez. Klopp's men were dominating possession and territory but struggled to break through a resilient Forest defence. However, with 31 minutes on the clock, a clever move ended with Nunez's drive parried by Turner, straight into the path of Jota who gleefully finished the rebound. It would be 2-0 just four minutes later thanks to excellent work by Szoboszlai, playing a lovely one-two with Salah before crossing for Nunez to tap home to put the Reds in command at the interval.
Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
HALF-TIME: LIVERPOOL 2-0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
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