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

Forest will create great atmosphere - Klopp

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 vs Liverpool

• FT - Nottingham Forest earn huge victory over Liverpool (NFO 1-0 LIV)
• GOAL! 55’ - Awoniyi scores his third goal of the season to send Forest in front (NFO 1-0 LIV)
• HT - Goalless at the break with neither side really clicking in the final third (NFO 0-0 LIV)
• Liverpool seventh in table, Forest 20th
• Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota out through injury with Darwin Nunez also missing

[22 October 2022 11:15 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool show they can win ugly in edgy victory over West Ham

This was not Liverpool’s most important win of their season so far. That was on Sunday against Manchester City. It was far from their most convincing, either, or their finest performance. At the final whistle, it was a stretch to even say that they had played well. West Ham left believing they deserved at least a point or more and they were right. On another evening, they may have taken all three.

If you wanted to be picky, there was enough here to suggest that Sunday’s potentially transformative result will not transform their season at all. At least not immediately. Familiar defensive frailties – particularly in the second half – meant that David Moyes’s visitors came away from Anfield with a higher xG tally than their hosts.

Part of that was down to Jarrod Bowen’s penalty – conceded by Joe Gomez, saved by Alisson – but it was also down to anxious final quarter-of-an-hour when counter-attacks kept coming and an equaliser felt increasingly likely.

[22 October 2022 11:10 · Michael Jones]

Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool early team news and predicted line-ups

For Nottingham Forest Jack Colback, Moussa Niakhate, Omar Richards and Harry Toffolo are all expected to be out with injury. But in better news Renan Lodi could return following an ankle issue.

Liverpool, meanwhile, will not have Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz, Arthur, Naby Keita, Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate, while Darwin Nunez is now an injury doubt after feeling his hamstring before coming off against West Ham.

Predicted line-ups

Nottingham Forest: Henderson; Williams, Cook, McKenna, Lodi; Mangala, Yates, Freuler; Gibbs-White, Dennis, Johnson

Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Elliott, Fabinho, Thiago, Carvalho; Salah, Firmino

[22 October 2022 11:06 · Michael Jones]

Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of today’s Premier League action.

First up Liverpool take the trip down to the midlands as they face Nottingham Forest. The Reds are hoping to continue a good run of form which has seen them record victories against Rangers in the Champions League then Manchester City and West Ham in the Premier League. However, Jurgen Klopp has to shuffle his pack and deal with another injury crisis especially in the forward areas with Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota injured and Darwin Nunez a doubt for the game.

Forest, meanwhile, are hoping to get themselves off the bottom of the table. They won just once in the league this season but two draws from their last three games will give them some encouragement. Liverpool are always difficult opponents but if Steve Cooper’s side can take advantage this afternoon it may kick his team’s season into gear.

Kick off for this one is at 12.30pm.