Liverpool were beaten 1-0 by Nottingham Forest at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
The visitors provided the decisive strike in minute 72 of the contest via substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi, as the winger netted off the inside of Alisson Becker’s post to take the points.
Captain Virgil van Dijk first headed wide from a corner ball, while Mac Allister forced a brilliant save from Sels.
It was Trent Alexander-Arnold’s delivery that saw Mac Allister cushion his header, but the goalkeeper’s intervention to his left denied the midfielder to leave the scores level at the break.
Ahead of the half-time interval, the Reds continued in their search for an opener.
Captain Virgil van Dijk first headed wide from a corner ball, while Mac Allister forced a brilliant save from Sels.
It was Trent Alexander-Arnold’s delivery that saw Mac Allister cushion his header, but the goalkeeper’s intervention to his left denied the midfielder to leave the scores level at the break.
Second half
The early minutes of the second period followed a similar theme to the first with neither side able to force a real opening.
Salah was the first to try his luck, though after he broke into the area at a tight angle his low shot was well saved by Sels.
Forest were restricted to chances on the counter and Chris Wood broke free to force a low save from Alisson after the flag had again been raised for offside.
On the hour, Liverpool made a triple substitution, introducing Conor Bradley, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo from the bench.
It was the visitors who threatened next, however, with substitute Anthony Elanga shooting over the bar from the edge of the box following a slick team move from back to front.
Alexander-Arnold also saw a dragged shot deflected wide, but it was Forest who broke the deadlock with 18 minutes remaining.
Substitute Hudson-Odoi was the one to find the back of the net, cutting inside from the left at a swift break to fire past Alisson via the inside of the post.
Elanga again forced a save from Alisson a short while later, and Szoboszlai and Van Dijk both went close through a deflected low strike and a header respectively.
Liverpool, though, were unable to find a leveller late on and were beaten on Merseyside.
