Arne Slot tasted defeat as Liverpool head coach for the primary time at this time, with Nottingham Forest coming to Anfield and recording a 1-0 victory.
The decisive second got here via Callum Hudson-Odoi within the 72nd minute as his shot from exterior the penalty space went in off the upright.
Talking on co-commentary obligation for Premier Sports activities (through CaughtOffside), Gary Breen pointed the finger of blame at Ibrahima Konate for blocking the vantage level of Alisson Becker.
The Frenchman had usually been spectacular since changing Jarell Quansah at half-time within the opening day win over Ipswich, however Slot has reportedly had reservations in regards to the 25-year-old over some features of his defending (Soccer Insider).
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Maybe Konate’s positioning didn’t assist Alisson for Hudson-Odoi’s match-winning aim, and that in itself might infuriate Slot, however it’d be unfair to pin the consequence solely on the France worldwide.
As per Sofascore, the centre-back received six of his 9 duels, accomplished 58 of his 62 passes (94%) and made 4 clearances, so over the 90 minutes he wasn’t significantly poor.
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In fact, Liverpool as a crew didn’t do almost sufficient within the second half – both earlier than or after the aim – to deserve something out of at this time’s match.
Slot named the identical beginning XI for the third recreation in a row this afternoon, however we suspect that there’ll be just a few modifications for Tuesday’s Champions League opener away to AC Milan.
It may very well be attention-grabbing to see if a kind of alterations comes at centre-back…
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