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Alex Young

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool: Bottom side make woeful Reds pay in huge win

Nottingham Forest earned a deserved victory over a sloppy Liverpool on Saturday to claim just their second win of the season.

Ex-Reds striker Taiwo Awoniyi sealed a 1-0 win in the second half, and could have added more with Ryan Yates and Brennan Johnson both later denied.

Jurgen Klopp's side were off the pace in the first half as a disciplined Forest side knocked them out of their rhythm.

Forest went ahead in the 55th minute when Awoniyi poached a rebound after his initial effort struck the post.

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The hosts were dangerous on the counter-attack and had several chances to give themselves some breathing space.

But they were indebted to keeper Dean Henderson who made a series of saves, the best coming in stoppage time when he somehow kept out a sensational Virgil van Dijk close-range header from a corner.

Forest held on and moved to 19th place with nine points from 12 games, one ahead of Leicester City.

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