Nottm Forest vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Taiwo Awoniyi winner
Premier League result and reaction after Forest stunned Liverpool to move off the bottom of the Premier League
Nottingham Forest ended their 10-game winless streak in style as Taiwo Awoniyi returned to haunt former club Liverpool and stop their Premier League revival.
Awoniyi was on the books at Anfield for six years without ever playing for them, but showed Jurgen Klopp what he was all about, securing a famous 1-0 win that lifts Forest off the bottom of the table after his second-half goal.
Forest beat Liverpool at the City Ground in their first ever Premier League match 30 years ago and this victory will be just as memorable as it is their first three points since August and will provide hope that they can make a fist of their return to the big time after picking up just three points from their last 27 available.
Follow all the reaction from the City Ground after Nottingham Forest took on Liverpool in Saturday’s early kick off:
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
36 mins: Mo Salah is back on his feet and looks okay to play on. It’ll be a huge problem for Jurgen Klopp if Salah gets injured too with Diaz, Jota and Nunez already out.
Firmino clips a pass into the penalty area to match Elliott’s run but the ball goes over the head of the Liverpool midfielder and bounces out of play.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
33 mins: Chance! Fabio Carvalho loses possession and Forest break up the pitch, giving it to Awoniyi who slides a pass across to Lingard. He fizzes a left-footed effort at goal but Alisson sees it early and manages to smother the shot.
At the other end of the pitch Mo Salah has gone down off the ball and looks to be in a fair bit of pain. Play goes on with Milner eventually fouled and winning Liverpool a free kick.
The Liverpool physios have come on to check over Salah.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
30 mins: Chance! Milner tries to find some space on the right side and dinks the ball over a defender to give it to Elliott. He brings it down well and manages to thread one through to Salah.
Salah runs along the front edge of the box and scuffs a low effort straight into the hands of Dean Henderson.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
27 mins: Gibbs-White flicks the ball over to Yates in midfield and he sends it across to Lingard on the right wing - he’s just switched sides. Lingard lays it off to Aurier who lifts a deep cross into the box but can’t find a team mate and Harvey Elliott manages to run it away.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
24 mins: Yates pushes Jones off the ball and feeds a pass over to Gibbs-White on the right. He looks to weave into the box but has three defenders to contend with and Fabio Carvalho nicks the ball off him to end the Forest attack.
The home side are showing a few more signs of life in Liverpool’s half now. They’re growing steadily into the game.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
21 mins: Liverpool win a corner that Andy Robertson curls into the box. He almost picks out the head of Virgil van Dijk but the big defender just jumps underneath the ball and it bounces through to safety.
It’s been an intriguing start to the game with Liverpool looking to find a bit of attacking momentum especially in the final third.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
18 mins: Milner and Firmino try to combine on the right wing but there’s a breakdown in communication and Milner’s backheel is too heavy for the forward to chase down.
Forest then burst up the pitch and work the ball into the box to Awoniyi who slides it across to the arriving Kouyate. He meets it with a first time shot from the front of the box but sends it straight at Alisson.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
15 mins: Forest look nervous when Mo Salah gets on the ball and they’re throwing men at him to close down the ball. Van Dijk floats a pass over to Elliott on the right and he’s chopped down by former Liverpool team mate Neco Williams.
There’s an opportunity to work the ball into the box from this set piece but Liverpool decide to play it quickly before a pass down the line goes out of play for a goal kick.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
12 mins: Joe Gomez tries to thread the ball through the eye of a needle and ends up giving it away to Ryan Yates who quickly passes it up to Jesse Lingard as Forest look to fly forward on the counter-attack.
Morgan Gibbs-White makes a run down the right wide and Lingard attempts to find him but ends up booting the ball over everyone and sending it out for a Liverpool throw in.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool
9 mins: Save! Harvey Elliott drifts into the middle of the pitch and floats a diagonal ball into the penalty area where Fabio Carvalho sprints in behind and brings the ball down brilliantly with his first touch.
His second pokes the ball at goal but Dean Henderson cuts off the angle to the near post and keeps the ball out with his leg.
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