Liverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest: Reds dedicate win to absent team-mate Luis Diaz

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool received “for our brother” Luis Diaz after claiming victory over Nottingham Forest “in probably the most troublesome of circumstances” at Anfield.

Diogo Jota, surrounded by his team-mates, held up the Colombia participant’s quantity seven shirt after firing the Reds right into a Thirty first-minute lead when Matt Turner turned Darwin Nunez’s try into the Portuguese ahead’s path.

“The most effective factor we might do is win the sport for our brother,” Klopp instructed Match of the Day afterwards.

“We performed the sport in probably the most troublesome circumstances I’ve ever had. After greater than 1,000 video games [as a manager] you’d suppose you’ve got skilled every little thing.

“Nevertheless it’s not about us. All of us pray that every little thing will likely be superb. The one factor we might do is battle for our brother and that is what they (the gamers) did. The boys fought for his or her brother.”

Jota mentioned the choice to carry up Diaz’s shirt after scoring was “to indicate we’re with him” in an “unimaginable state of affairs”.

“Luis was with us within the resort [before the game] then he went residence,” he added to MOTD.

“He was going to play. I performed as a substitute of him and I confirmed him his shirt to indicate we’re with him and we hope every little thing works out.”

Liverpool had been dominant and, after Jota’s opener, Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez doubled the benefit 4 minutes later together with his sixth membership aim of the marketing campaign after a cutback by the spectacular Dominik Szoboszlai.

Forest’s depressing day was full when Turner and substitute Harry Toffolo obtained in a tangle, permitting Mohamed Salah to turn out to be solely the third participant in Liverpool’s historical past to attain in every of the opening 5 residence league matches of a season.

Klopp’s facet are fourth is the desk, three factors behind leaders Tottenham, whereas Forest, who failed to noticeably take a look at Liverpool keeper Alisson, are sixteenth, 5 factors above the relegation zone.

Salah landmark as Reds hold focus

Liverpool followers chanted the title of Diaz, who joined for an preliminary £37.5m in January 2022, as their workforce maintained their 100% residence profitable run within the league.

The 26-year-old had been because of play earlier than information emerged on the eve of the match about his dad and mom.

The late change didn’t disrupt the Reds on the pitch, nevertheless, with Klopp’s workforce having now gone a yr with out shedding at residence within the league.

Liverpool completed a distant 22 factors behind champions Manchester Metropolis final season. With greater than 1 / 4 of this season gone, they’re proving far more of a risk close to the highest of the desk.

However for Forest keeper Turner, they’d have received by a extra good-looking margin as he made superb saves to disclaim summer season signings Ryan Gravenberch and Szoboszlai.

However Turner was then concerned within the error that led to Salah making it 3-0 within the 77th minute and claiming his 145th Premier League aim for Liverpool.

Turner was effectively exterior his space when Szoboszlai launched the ball ahead from his personal half, with the in-form Salah making the most of the mix-up between the keeper and Toffolo to attain his tenth Liverpool aim in all competitions this season.

The Egypt ahead joined Harry Chambers (1922) and John Aldridge (1987) in reaching the feat of scoring in every of the opening 5 residence league matches of a season.

Annoyed Forest cannot finish Anfield hoodoo

Forest’s lengthy watch for a win at Anfield, which they final achieved in 1969, goes on after harm disadvantaged them of fielding a recognised striker of their beginning XI.

Taiwo Awoniyi and Chris Wooden have scored six of their workforce’s 10 targets this season, however Awoniyi – on Liverpool’s books earlier than becoming a member of Union Berlin in 2021 after a mortgage spell in Germany – began on the bench after a groin downside, whereas Wooden was dominated out with a hamstring difficulty.

With Callum Hudson-Odoi and former Reds participant Divock Origi additionally lacking by harm, it was left to winger Anthony Elanga and midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White to steer a makeshift assault.

They solely severely threatened after Liverpool had established a 3-0 lead, with Elanga hitting the woodwork within the closing phases earlier than volleying an excellent likelihood over.

Turner’s error solely compounded Cooper’s distress with Forest now with out a aim in three away video games.

“It is irritating,” he mentioned. “The concept was to maintain the pitch as small as you may. Whenever you open up the pitch that is when Liverpool are at their most harmful.

“We have a look at the targets and suppose, ‘we must always’ve completed higher’.”

Participant of the match

NúñezDarwin Núñez

Nottingham Forest

1. Squad quantity7Participant titleN Williams

2. Squad quantity21Participant titleElanga

3. Squad quantity10Participant titleGibbs-White

4. Squad quantity1Participant titleTurner

5. Squad quantity30Participant titleBoly

6. Squad quantity40Participant titleMurillo

7. Squad quantity6Participant titleSangaré

8. Squad quantity19Participant titleNiakhaté

9. Squad quantity16Participant titleDomínguez

10. Squad quantity5Participant titleMangala

11. Squad quantity43Participant titleAina

12. Squad quantity24Participant titleAurier

13. Squad quantity9Participant titleAwoniyi

14. Squad quantity22Participant titleYates

15. Squad quantity12Participant titleAndrey Santos

16. Squad quantity15Participant titleToffolo