Liverpool v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live

Liverpool: Alisson, Frimpong, van Dijk, Jacquet, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Munoz, Isak, Gakpo.

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, McAtee, Schlager, Williams, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Jesus.

On days like these, Arne Slot will be thankful that Liverpool gave him the old heave-ho. Because this specific fixture messed with his mind something chronic. In an otherwise sensational start to his time with the Reds – 18 wins out of his first 20 games – the one L blotting up Slot’s landscape was Nottingham Forest at Anfield. Liverpool had 70 percent of possession that September afternoon in 2024, but Forest soaked it up and Callum Hudson-Odoi scored a wonderful winner on the counter. Slot never stopped referencing it, an itch he couldn’t scratch.

The following autumn, Forest rocked up at Anfield again, and this time routed Slot’s side 3-0. That was part of a different kind of sensational sequence – nine losses in 12 – from which his reign never recovered. So Liverpool fans can be forgiven for approaching this match with caution and concern, and that’s before we get to their disjointed performance at Newcastle last week, and the fact that Oliver Glasner (P7 W4 D1 with Crystal Palace) seemingly has their number. Having said all that, Forest haven’t exactly flown out of the traps under their new boss, with back-to-back losses to Leeds in league and cup, and there’s one other famous staging of this fixture that will give Liverpool fans hope. So this isn’t an easy one to predict. Kick-off is at 12.30pm BST. It’s on!