Liverpool 0-3 Nottingham Forest: Match Review
Nottingham Forest earned a deserved 3-0 victory to pile more misery on Liverpool.
Although Liverpool started the game well, Forest soaked up the pressure before breaking the deadlock with their first real chance through Murillo. Less than a minute into the second half, Forest doubled their advantage through Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White rounded off the win.
Despite Liverpool being on top in the early stages, Dyche could ‘sense’ the atmosphere changing around Anfield. And he hailed his players for winning differently as Forest moved up to 16th in the table with back-to-back wins.
What’s been said
The City Ground boss said at his post-match press conference: “I am pleased for lots of reasons, but mostly for the players. I said to them this week: ‘We can only guide you in the right direction, it is down to you to perform.’ They have done that, both on the training pitch and delivering performances. That is all we can ask of them. It is a very solid marker against a top side today.
“Of course it is to be enjoyed, and I do enjoy it. But it is for the fans and the players. But we have to go again. Everything is not solved, but what it is is a good, strong marker about this group. They are committed to the cause. I thought we were excellent.”
“Credit to Liverpool. I was a bit gutted there was a two-week break after the Man City game (a 3-0 loss) because there was a lot of noise. It calms and it settles. I warned the players that these have proved what they can do; they are winners. They have won cups, leagues, all sorts so we needed to be ready. Fair play to them, they started really strong and we defended fantastically well in the early part of the game.
“We got a foothold of sorts, not by keeping the ball but the feel of the game started changing, you could sense it in the atmosphere in the stadium. Then we score a goal and our shape and the basics were good. We had enough in our locker to cause trouble on the break.
“It is a different way of winning but a way of winning. I said to them: ‘How do you win football matches without the ball? Unless you are a superpower it is very difficult to dominate the ball every game. So what about winning the games when we’re not playing as well or haven’t got the ball so I am super-pleased. I do believe there is some real talent here so what about when we have to change things? They have accepted that and delivered it very well.”
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