Nottingham Forest secured a historic 3-0 victory at Anfield, deepening Liverpool's crisis as they slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches across all competitions. Goals from Murillo, Nicolò Savona, and Morgan Gibbs-White handed Forest their biggest ever win at Liverpool's home ground, lifting them out of the relegation zone on the back of a first clean sheet in 20 league games.
Liverpool, who have now lost six of their last seven Premier League matches, were poor in all departments. Manager Arne Slot's side started brightly, with Elliot Anderson making a brilliant headed block to deny Alexis Mac Allister, but they fell behind when Murillo scored from a corner after Virgil van Dijk failed to clear. The goal stood despite protests from Van Dijk over a possible offside, with the Premier League later stating that Forest's Dan Ndoye was not in the line of vision and did not impact play.
Liverpool were reprieved minutes later when Igor Jesus had a goal disallowed for handball, but the respite was short-lived. Mac Allister failed to cut out a pass to Neco Williams, who set up Savona to double Forest's lead. Slot replaced Ibrahima Konaté with Hugo Ekitiké in an attempt to turn the game, but Alexander Isak was withdrawn after an anonymous 68 minutes, and further substitutions failed to break down a resolute Forest defence.
Forest sealed the win late on when Murillo's cross-field ball found Omari Hutchinson, whose cross was saved by Alisson but fell to Gibbs-White, who swept home from 12 yards. Liverpool have now lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin for the first time since 1965.
