Liverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest (29 Oct, 2023) Game Analysis

Goals from Diogo Jota, Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool a comfortable 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Sunday, taking Jurgen Klopp’s side to 23 points, three behind leaders Tottenham Hotspur.

Forest came to strengthen their defense and struck on the break, and although they remained tight for the first half hour, they soon fell behind thanks to a classic counter-attack from the home side.

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Forest central defender Murillo made an ill-advised foray and was lifted off the ball, and within seconds Salah found Núñez, whose shot was parried into Jota’s path for an easy finish.

Jota celebrated the match by holding up the jersey of teammate Luis Díaz, who missed the match following the kidnapping of his parents in his native Colombia.

Liverpool’s second was a brilliant team goal as they cut through the Forest rearguard, and this time it was Dominik Szoboszlai breaking free on the right to fire the ball across goal for Nunez to brand.

Liverpool upped the tempo early in the second half with Salah curling a shot just wide and Harvey Elliott blocking a shot shortly after coming off the bench.

A breakdown in communication between substitute Harry Toffolo and goalkeeper Matt Turner let Salah in, and he duly slotted the ball home to complete the scoring in the 77th minute.

Forest never got out of their defensive frame of mind and it took them until the 85th minute to register their best effort of the match, a shot from winger Anthony Elanga which flew off the underside of the crossbar.

The defeat leaves Forest in 16th place in the table with 10 points, five points above the drop zone.