Coach Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool have suffered another setback in the English Premier League. The Reds surprisingly and unhappily lost 0-1 (0-0) on Saturday at Nottingham Forest, who were bottom of the table.
Manchester City won 3-1 (2-0) against Brighton thanks to two goals from ex-Dortmunder Erling Haaland
“You watch the game and think, ‘How did that happen?'” Klopp said after the final whistle in Nottingham. “But it happened and that was it.” Liverpool were the dominant football team in the City Ground stadium for long stretches and got more out of the game. However, the Klopp team rarely had dangerous chances. Nottingham gave up little defensively and finally took the lead in the 55th minute through Taiwo Awoniyi.
The visitors had chances to equalize in the final stages, but went wide of the goal several times or were denied by the strong Nottingham keeper Dean Henderson, who is loaned to Forest from Manchester United.
Liverpool missed the chance to move up to fifth place and after a good week with the respectable win against Manchester City (1-0) and the narrow home win against West Ham United (1-0) they are already in the crisis again. The Reds initially remain in seventh place in the table.
Defending champions Man City took the lead with a brace from striker Haaland (22nd/43rd with a penalty). The Norwegian has now scored 17 goals in 11 Premier League games. After Leandro Trossard (53′) scored for the guests, Kevin De Bruyne (75′) made everything clear for Man City, which remains in second place in the table.
Chelsea were awarded a penalty in the final phase of the long, uneventful game against record champions Man United, which Jorginho (87th) converted. When everything looked like a home win, Casemiro (90.4) equalized in added time. The Brazilian headed the ball just over the goal line.
The guests from Manchester traveled to London without Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese was initially suspended by the club because he left the stadium before the final whistle in Wednesday’s 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur – which he witnessed on the bench.
