By Samuel A. November 23, 2025
Liverpool fell to an embarrassing sixth Premier League loss in their last seven games as Nottingham Forest ran riot at Anfield to deservedly beat them 3-0 victory. Forest went ahead from a Murillo strike in the first half, a goal that Liverpool were amazed about it not being ruled out after seeing Dan Ndoye in an offside position in the replay. The Premier League’s match centre said “Ndoye was not in the line of vision of Alisson”, despite being stood in front of him.
Forest could have been two ahead when Igor Jesus volleyed into the far corner moments later, but on-field referee Andy Madley had spotted a debatable handball – a decision ratified by VAR. It looked like Liverpool had survived the scare, but 39 seconds into the second half the situation worsened, with the only point of contention concerning how poor the defending was. Neco Williams skipped over a couple of half-hearted challenges before Nicolo Savona hammered home to make it 2-0.
The visitors signed off by adding a third via Morgan Gibbs-White, teed up wonderfully by Omari Hutchinson, who ghosted by Andy Robertson as if he was not there. The reigning champions drop into the bottom half of the table as a result, while Forest rise out of the relegation zone after back-to-back wins under new boss Sean Dyche.
Liverpool have now lost 3-0 in back to back games for the first time since 1965 under Billy Shankly. Captain Virgil van Dijk said in his oost-match interview: “There’s nervousness after we conceded. You sensed that we were trying to rush things, to get the equaliser as soon as possible. We’re just in a very, very difficult moment, and we have to get out of this. I’d rather do it by talking in the dressing room than speaking to you guys.
We have to take responsibility. Football is a team game. We have to digest this, take it on the chin and work harder. I’ve said that quite a lot this season, it’s not been working out, but we need to keep going.
The atmosphere, in my eyes, is very bad. We need to look in the mirror.”
