Nottingham Forest

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Jota sets up Manchester City semi-final date (unknown)

Liverpool have kept their quadruple hopes alive thanks to a late winner in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest from Diogo Jota.

FOREST WON'T GET A BETTER CHANCE THAN THAT! Johnson digs the ball out of his feet and whips in a beautiful cross for Zinckernagel to hammer past Alisson but he snatches the effort and it goes wide. Forest for the first time had a brief spell of possession and managed to create a dangerous scenario from the right wing through Johnson but his cross fell right into Alisson's arms. A ball is clipped over the Liverpool defence and Cafu finds himself in space but he snatches at the ball and fires high. Tsimikas whips in a ball with his weak foot and Jota pokes home to give Liverpool the lead. We have a goal at the City Ground! And it comes seconds after Forest should have taken the lead. Liverpool have kept their quadruple hopes alive thanks to a late winner in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest from Diogo Jota. They will face Manchester City in the semi-final at Wembley next month.

Nottingham Forest 0 Liverpool 1 (unknown)

IT could have been something close to a procession had Roberto Firmino opened the scoring. But it becomes a serious contest. As ever, there is this thing within ...

The way Liverpool play isn’t a plug and play move; it is bespoke, built around remarkable qualities. But there is also a thing where Liverpool respond to the key events. For Liverpool, though, it is about setting up a glorious April. Your correspondent has long argued a good season is one which is still alive in April. Well, no season has ever been more alive as the clocks move forward. Then the shape changes to a 442 and there is clarity but not much quality. Ibrahima Konate is excellent under the circumstances and Liverpool are fortunate to have him. But no one has been so much in all the here and now as these lads. The fluidity doesn’t help — there is such a thing as too much flexibility. Europe has been the only target. No season has ever had as much going for it at this stage. For Forest it will feel like a decent audition should they match their ambitions this season. The best chance of the game for Nottingham Forest is followed by a Liverpool goal. As ever, there is this thing within matches around changing the times of the key events.

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Six things spotted in Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest as full-backs ... (Liverpool.com)

Liverpool made fairly hard work of it, but they eventually found a way past Nottingham Forest into an FA Cup semi-final vs Man City.

His perfectly-timed movement gave him a good chance, but he still had to throw himself at the ball, stretching every sinew to get enough contact. With the game poised at 0-0, it was a chance he really should have scored. Set free by a glaring error from Jack Colback, Firmino was presented with Diogo Jota square and just the goalkeeper to beat. Klopp is well aware that Gomez prefers playing at centre-back, but the 24-year-old made a concerted effort to replicate Alexander-Arnold’s attacking instincts. Whereas the Scot is usually good for the odd goal or two in a season, Tsimikas has not scored since 2018; he did his best to remedy that with a fierce volley, which fizzed just over the bar. At a time when Liverpool looked vulnerable, Tsimikas delivered the goods.

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool: Player Ratings | FA Cup Quarter ... (Sports Illustrated)

After an extremely nearby 90 minutes, Liverpool's emerged as the winners, defeating the resilient Forest side who showed courage throughout the game and ...

He ran a lot. Such a clutch player. Maybe that's about it. He perhaps needs to lay off the shooting for a while, but crossing? A tussle played out at The City Ground tonight, with Nottingham Forest and Liverpool fighting it out for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals. Very solid right-back performance, couldn't offer much going forward but he did put in a good shift at the back.

Player ratings as Diogo Jota sends Liverpool through in FA Cup with quadruple still on (unknown)

Nottingham Forest went toe-to-toe with Liverpool in an end-to-end game, but it was Jurgen Klopp's side who went through thanks to Diogo Jota's late goal.

But that didn’t matter when he escaped his marker and finished well on 76 minutes to send Liverpool through. Diogo Jota: As he so often does, Jota had a limited impact for much of the game. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Ryan Yates: Yates did well in the middle of the park, doing the hard yards and finding himself free for a couple of chances as well. 6 6

FA Cup: Nottingham Forest tribute to Hillsborough victims (BBC News)

Nottingham Forest and Liverpool will face each other in the FA Cup for the first time since 1989.

Nottinghamshire Police have asked all fans to enjoy the match safely. They are expected to be the only empty seats at the sell-out match at City Ground. Nottingham Forest has left 97 seats vacant for their match with Liverpool to honour those who lost their lives due to the Hillsborough disaster.