PLAYER RATINGS: Nottingham Forest Win the Slot Jackpot at Anfield With Historic 1-0 Win
Arne Slot’s men won three on the bounce before today. They just played a team named after a bunch of trees. The winning run ended. There is no correlation.
Let’s get into the ratings then.
Player Ratings:
Liverpool
Alisson (6): Did not have anything to do till Forest’s goal. Made a good stop to deny Elanga.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (6.5): Not near his best, but wasn’t awful either. Created the most chances in the game.
Virgil van Dijk (5): Noticed him more in the opposition box, which probably paints a picture of how this game went. Couple good chances to score, but headers just about went wide. Was weirdly second best in his ground duels.
Ibrahima Konate (5): Gave Callum Hudson Odoi too much space. Should have closed him down for the goal.
Andrew Robertson (6): Work horse as always. Didn’t have much to do defensively though.
Ryan Gravenberch (8): Absolutely brilliant. I don’t think any Liverpool fan expected Gravenberch to start the season, let alone be one of their best players so far. Slot has unlocked him.
Alexis Mac Allister (6): Had a midfield battle with Yates. He lost the physical battle, but in the technical one, he was far superior. Did a cheeky trivela cross that Jota should have done better from.
Dominik Szoboszlai (4): Struggled massively. Messed up quite a few attacks. Liverpool could have done with Harvey Elliott today.
Diogo Jota (5): Nowhere near as involved as he should of been. Wasn’t great with his passing throughout the match as well. Not at his best today.
Luis Diaz (6.5): Electric and caused constant problems, but it just wasn’t clicking for the frontmen today. Hit the post after good pressing work to steal the ball back.
Mohamed Salah (5): Similarly to his partners up top, they all weren’t at their best. Decision-making was questionable. Poor.
Subs
Darwin Nunez ’61 (4): His impact was negligible.
Cody Gakpo ’61 (4): He did not have the desired effect on the match
Conor Bradley ’61 (5): Was too easily bet by Hudson Odoi. Defense looked more open after he came on.
Kostas Tsimikas ’75 (6): Didn’t put much wrong, but didn’t impact the game as his sub was intended to do.
Curtis Jones ’75 (5): Back from injury.
Nottingham Forest
Matz Sels (7): Nearly dropped an unassuming header from Diaz into his own net. Made a couple decent saves throughout the game.
Alex Moreno (8): Dealt with Salah with ease. He won 7/10 of his duels and was a key part of the Forest clean sheet.
Murillo (8): This man will be at a top six club in the next few years. An absolutely monstrous performance today from the Brazilian.
Nikola Milenković (8): Like his partner, he was incredible. Dealt with LFC’s firepower extremely well.
Ola Aina (9): Made a goal-line clearance to prevent a goal for Liverpool in the 70th minute. Immense across the 90 minutes, won the majority of his duels, and and rarely put a pass wrong. MOTM.
Ryan Yates (6): The fella loves a foul and fair play; he got away with quite a few today. Eventually got booked in minute 45.
Nicolás Domínguez (6): Solid but nothing special. His biggest impact was leaving the pitch for the man who scored the winner
James Ward-Prowse (7): Proved he is more than just a free-kick merchant.
Elliott Anderson (7): Worked hard off the ball, and helped Forest keep their clean sheet.
Morgan Gibbs-White (7.5): Forest’s dangerman. Created two chances, inclduing a big chance. Battled well in midfield aswell.
Chris Wood (6): While he may have been anonymous for large parts of the game, his presence was enough to cause issues.
Subs
Callum Hudson-Odoi ’54 (8): Caused multiple issues for Conor Bradley. His goal was sensational.
Anthony Elanga ’61 (7.5): Incredible pass to create Forest’s goal. Could have scored himself if it weren’t’ for a great Alisson save.
Neco Williams ’80 (N/A): Played against his former team.
Morato ’80 (N/A): Minutes.
Jota Silva ’80 (N/A): Was the best Jota on the pitch.
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