Liverpool analysis from Ian Doyle after the shock 1-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest
For the first time in his embryonic reign, Arne Slot was able to see how his Liverpool side coped with a setback. It did not make for encouraging viewing.
But it didn’t happen. And as the clock ticked on and Forest nosed ahead, the Reds looked increasingly unlikely to score. The five minutes of additional time merely extended the agony rather than offer hope of redemption. Slot hasn’t been in position long enough to find an answer with these players. He now knows it’s an issue that will need addressing.Mohamed Salah skipped past his marker, cut inside into space and cocked the trigger of his left foot – and promptly struck a shot that ended up nearer the corner flag than the goal.
But Diogo Jota spent too often coughing up possession when not lost amid the towering Forest defenders, and neither Cody Gakpo nor Darwin Nunez made any difference from the bench. If anything, the substitutions made Liverpool even less effective. But the Reds should still have had sufficient firepower to continue their winning start to the season. As Slot admitted, this just wasn’t good enough.A run of seven games in 22 days was always going to tell Slot more about the strength in depth of his Liverpool squad. And having outed himself as a reluctant rotator ahead of this game, already the Liverpool head coach may have to revise that opinion.
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