Liverpool’s miserable Premier League campaign reached another low point as they crashed to a 3–0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest, their sixth loss in seven league outings, leaving them eight points behind table-topping Arsenal.
Forest opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when Murillo smashed in a loose ball after Liverpool failed to clear Elliot Anderson’s corner.
Manager Arne Slot was furious the goal stood, insisting Forest’s Dan Ndoye had obstructed goalkeeper Alisson Becker, the same offence that saw Virgil van Dijk’s equaliser chalked off in their previous 3–0 defeat to Manchester City.
Just after the restart, Sean Dyche’s men doubled their advantage. Nicolo Savona finished neatly from Neco Williams’ low pass, capitalising on Liverpool’s shaky defending.
The visitors sealed the rout in the 78th minute when Morgan Gibbs-White pounced on a rebound after Omari Hutchinson’s effort was parried.
The defeat marks Liverpool’s second straight home loss to Forest and their eighth in their last 11 matches across all competitions.
It is also the first time since 1965 that Liverpool have suffered back-to-back league defeats by a margin of three goals.
Slot acknowledged on Friday that the squad is still emotionally shaken by the tragic death of Diogo Jota in a car accident in Spain in July.
But once again, the team produced a flat and uninspired performance, slipping further down to 11th place.
The Reds’ dramatic downturn comes despite a massive summer outlay exceeding £400 million.
New signing Alexander Isak, brought in for a British-record fee, struggled again and was substituted in the second half of just his fourth league start.
