Liverpool has been beaten 1-0 at the City Ground, despite having won their last English Premier League game against Westham United.
Steve Cooper’s team moved off the bottom of the Premier League standings thanks to Taiwo Awoniyi’s early second-half strike.
Jürgen Klopp’s hunt for his first Premier League away win of the season continues, although a victory at the City Ground was clearly not inevitable given the away team’s haphazard performance throughout the game.
Jürgen Klopp made five changes to the Liverpool team that beat West Ham. In came the five players who came off the bench in that game. That’s James Milner, Harvey Elliott, Andy Robertson, Curtis Jones and Fabinho. Out of the squad went Darwin Nunez and Thiago.
Liverpool might have moved ahead of Manchester United into fifth place if they had won at the City Ground on Saturday. Instead, they dropped three points, casting additional doubt on their form.
Based on this evidence, Klopp has ruled out a title challenge as well as Champions League qualification this season, saying that he doesn’t need to lift the Liverpool players after their 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest and isn’t worried about their Premier League away form.
Liverpool’s manager stated in a post-match press conference, “Who is to blame for the circumstances not being resolved? We don’t have many people to blame. We’re the only ones. It’s a big blow for us since we came here hoping to gain three points. We should have won this game under normal circumstances, but we didn’t.”
According to the figures uncovered by the flabbergasted team of editors at www.atspo.com, Liverpool have never won in six Premier League away games against Nottingham Forest—the City Ground is the only stadium the Reds have played at more than once in the league and never won.
Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool has lost three of their 11 Premier games so far this season, one more than they did in the previous campaign.
