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Liverpool winners, losers & ratings after Taiwo Awoniyi's winning goal for Nottingham Forest heaped more misery on Jurgen Klopp's side.

The Nigerian was on hand to convert from close range after Ryan Yates’ initial effort had struck the post. He had loan after loan, never realising his dream of representing the Reds. Of all the people, in all the games.

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We've done that today." We've got to build on that and carry on," Forest boss Cooper said. "It has to be a turning point.

Taiwo Awoniyi's second-half goal and Dean Henderson's last-gasp save from Virgil van Dijk helped Forest claim a famous win.

Joe Gomez, who did little to back up talk of an England recall, was booked for tugging at Awoniyi on halfway and Yates arrowed the resulting free-kick wide for the centre-back Steve Cook, who zipped a cross in from the right. He presumably did not realise quite how much room he had to play with and nodded the ball across the six-yard box in search of Firmino but it whirled out for a goal-kick. Milner made a desperate flying block approaching the hour to deny Gibbs-White from adding a second and with five minutes to spare Alisson superbly denied Yates. [victory over West Ham](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/19/liverpool-west-ham-premier-league-match-report) in midweek, with James Milner reverting to right-back in place of Alexander-Arnold who would enter as second-half substitute, and Jordan Henderson also dropping to the bench despite Thiago Alcântara missing with an ear infection. Forest supporters celebrated Virgil van Dijk’s miss from a Trent Alexander-Arnold free-kick with 30 seconds of normal time to play like a goal and went berserk when Henderson somehow kept out Van Dijk’s downward header midway through five minutes of second-half stoppage time. Cooper recognised this was a landmark victory that would please several generations, alluding to how some supporters would have ringed this game on their calendars such is the nostalgia of this fixture, and the first league meeting between these sides since 1999, when Pierre van Hooijdonk rescued a draw, did not disappoint.

Liverpool performed poorly again as they were beaten by Nottingham Forest, leaving both Jürgen Klopp and Mohamed Salah frustrated. This is what we spotted.

Even when it seemed to make more sense to revert back, Liverpool didn’t. Jones was not particularly comfortable there while Firmino and Salah barely had a kick. With a much-changed side, Liverpool look scrappy and disjointed. [Curtis Jones](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-curtis-jones-jurgen-klopp-23248775) and [Harvey Elliott](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/klopp-liverpool-midfield-harvey-elliott-25123684) either side of Fabinho and [Fábio Carvalho](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-fabio-carvalho-jurgen-klopp-25310141) on the left-hand side. Liverpool never looked like getting the equaliser on another frustrating afternoon. Salah needed to be allowed to move around and get on the ball but was instead left up front fighting on his own, with little to work with around him with Núñez not there. It can’t be an excuse for Liverpool but they need to find a solution with the players they available to them. [Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here — it only takes a few seconds!](https://www.liverpool.com/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Thiago Alcântara](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-erling-haaland-thiago-klopp-25061758) having an ear infection and [Darwin Núñez](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/nunez-liverpool-man-city-klopp-25290191) missing with the minor injury he sustained midweek against West Ham. The best Liverpool chances came either from Elliott or from set-pieces, and with what he had to work with in front of him, the teenager made a good fist of it. There were not many attacking sparks for Liverpool but Elliott was certainly one of those, playing on the right side of the midfield four again — a position that he really seems to suit. [Champions League](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-benfica-champions-league-klopp-23586404) spots and have still not won away from Anfield in the league this season.

Taiwo Awoniyi said scoring Nottingham Forest's winner against Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday was a moment he would never forget as he returned ...

"This is not the end, this has got to be a part of the start. "This kind of game we have to look back on it and build on it. "To score against Liverpool is a day I will never forget. Now we have to build on it," he said. "He had a sensational development. "We're feeling very satisfied with our work," the Welshman, who has extended his contract at Forest despite their early struggles, said.

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As it is, Liverpool have backed themselves into a corner. Even against Nottingham Forest, the Liverpool boss was forced to play Curtis Jones out of position alongside Fabinho. He is a shadow of his former self and that was once again evident against Nottingham Forest. Liverpool's injury problems are almost certainly down to a lack of options for rotation, causing players to be overworked. However, with a talented teenager like Stefan Bajčetić on the bench, perhaps the Liverpool boss could give the 18-year-old an opportunity to provide much-needed cover after having caught the eye in pre-season. There was something not quite right about Liverpool's performance against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon.

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"That's why we stand here and have lost the game. "We had to put the game to bed to be perfectly honest." "The performance I can kind of explain, the result not to be honest.