00:00And Liverpool, the glamorous visitors today, Nottingham Forest needing the points down towards the bottom, Liverpool struggling to get into
00:09the Champions League places, alongside me is Matt Upson, the former England defender, in midweek we saw Nottingham Forest bounce
00:17back to form in their first game under Vitor Pereira, win 3-0 against Fenerbahce, can they repeat that here
00:24against the Champions?
00:25Well, that's the plan, Ian, I'm pretty sure, and what a response away in Turkey, by the way, not an
00:31easy place to go and come away with a clean sheet and score three goals, which has really been Forest's
00:37problem this season.
00:44Great atmosphere, there always is at the City ground, since they've bounced back into the top flight, they've taken their
00:51fans on quite a journey.
00:52One journey they don't want to go on is back into the Championship, but they're under severe risk of that,
00:58only two points clear at the bottom three, Forest in red today, Liverpool in their change outfit, white shirts, black
01:05shorts, and an early touch here for Kürkez to try to slip a ball down the left-hand side.
01:10Big question here is, can Forest repeat their excellence of Thursday night in Turkey, winning 3-0 against Fenerbahce in
01:18the first leg of their Europa League play-off?
01:21Here's Curtis Jones, drafted him at the last minute, but robbed Sangari to play it forward, Hudson-Odoi here, takes
01:29on Sobis-Fly, and it's a brilliant save by Alisson, a point-back range, what a chance for Forest.
01:37Oh, what an edgy start to the game from Liverpool, Alisson just making his point there to his players, far
01:43too lax for me, passing the ball in and around the edge of the 18-yard box, it gets fed
01:48through, and this is just brilliant goalkeeping.
01:51Hutchinson again, good-looking ball to the back post Van Dijk, took charge yet again as he does so often
01:58for Liverpool at the back, what will they do when he isn't around anymore?
02:03Gipsworth looks up, hopefully, at the referee, and Tony Taylor's not very interested in it, and in all honesty, none
02:09of the other Forest players were either.
02:11Well, I think the word, hopefully, is the right one in that sentence, looking for the penalty, he's got every
02:19right to get his body across there grabbing Burch, good defending.
02:28Sobis-Fly was a difficult ball, he was fed by Virgil van Dijk, Curtis Jones misses out this time, Anderson,
02:38foot or two wide.
02:41He hasn't really had a thing to do so far, Salah takes it instead though, they wouldn't have been expecting
02:46that, Eketike tries a looping header, you can see the idea.
02:51Anderson is everywhere, Anderson is everywhere, so far deep towards Hutchinson, not quite.
03:03Now Hutchinson, and Jesus is in here for Van Dijk with a big, big challenge, brilliantly timed too.
03:14Gakpo, good challenge, Milenkovic, been a wonderful signing for Nottingham Forest, Gibbs, White, Hutchinson, can they produce something this time?
03:24Forest, Alisson, punches it out of half's way.
03:31Hudson-Odoi, Anderson tries to pass it in.
03:40Milenkovic, he's going to have a crack from long range, 25 yards out, would have needed something pretty special to
03:48beat Alisson from out there.
03:49Why not?
03:51His teammates aren't quite finding the right end result, he feels like he's going to have a pop last 30
03:56seconds of the first half.
04:01Difficult one, Murillo got his head to it, it's not properly cleared though, comes back to Dominic Soboslai again.
04:13Hudson-Odoi, oh, just flashed wide, Milenkovic arriving from the back, good effort.
04:21Yeah, just needed the right kind of touch and this is very nearly it, good pace on the ball from
04:27Hudson-Odoi, look at the whip as he hits that in and he's trying to get across the face of
04:33Van Dijk.
04:35Not an easy player to beat in that situation but he nearly gets the touch he needs.
04:40Gakpo, a lot of change out of Aynas so far, Gakpo towards the back post, Salah in space and Curtis
04:50-Jones effort is blocked on the line, nearly for Liverpool.
04:56Soboslai, the fierce one in, McAllister try to header, still looking for his first league goal of the campaign.
05:05Grab him back, good run, brilliant from Murillo that.
05:11And off he goes, on another of his forward forays.
05:21Endoy!
05:24To get him into the Champions League next season, so there's still work to do for them in that regard.
05:30Unless of course they can win the Champions League this time round.
05:34Williams has done well there, Alisson didn't really reach it, Gibbs-White!
05:39Blocked by Robertson, Sangare!
05:44Nearly for Forrest, was that the moment we were talking about?
05:47Was their best moment of the second half for sure.
05:51Great ball in, really testing, doesn't get dealt with.
05:56And then the block on the shot from Gibbs-White and Sangare just dragging that one past the far post,
06:03but I think the Gibbs-White one there, it was looking like it was on target.
06:10Sangare tiptoeing through the midfield.
06:12Again, it's another good run from him.
06:14Aynas with the cross in!
06:17And Joe Gomez is happy to give away a corner kick, a late flurry here from Nottingham Forest.
06:24Can they make it?
06:26A Forest fire.
06:32Good work from him!
06:34Eketike had to score, but he didn't.
06:36What a save, but they've got it in on the rebound!
06:40Alexis McAllister gives Liverpool probably the three points.
06:47Smash and grab, Liverpool don't care.
06:51It's the dink into the box.
06:53It's a lovely flighted ball.
06:55He should score, Eketike.
06:56The header's not great.
06:57It's a decent save from Ortega.
06:59But how about this for a piece of luck?
07:02As the clearance is getting hooked out from Ena, it's straight off.
07:08Is it the back of McAllister?
07:10I'm not too sure what part of the body this ball actually contacts.
07:15But it's a brilliant save there.
07:17The reaction from Ortega's great.
07:20But as McAllister comes in there, it looks like it's off the arm.
07:24I'm not sure if this is going to stand.
07:26That's what they're checking.
07:28That's what they're checking.
07:28It's the elbow.
07:30Does that hit an arm of Alexis McAllister?
07:36Looks like it, doesn't it?
07:37Yeah.
07:38But you never like to second-guess these things we've learned otherwise.
07:41No, you don't.
07:41But it looks pretty clear to me.
07:44I mean, that's quite conclusive that it's off the elbow of McAllister.
07:48I'm not sure it's going to count.
07:49Can't possibly be allowed at that point.
07:51He's the goal scorer.
07:52Can't touch his arm.
08:22Oh, listen to the roar.
08:23He's been on his feet since he's come on.
08:28We'll go a different route this time.
08:32Sober slide.
08:35Good ball in that.
08:37I can think he didn't reach it.
08:38Murillo off the line.
08:39And McAllister does score this time.
08:43Deep, deep, deep into stoppage time.
08:46What do you know about this game?
08:49Previous one, which was disallowed.
08:52Well, I just, I love the way that Slobber slide doesn't rush this.
08:54Gets it onto his right foot.
08:56And is Van Dijk offside here?
08:58I think that's a key point.
09:00This is under review.
09:02He looks to be a fraction offside to me.
09:04I think they could get another reprieve here.
09:06Nottingham Forest.
09:10Well, Ekotika comes into it.
09:11He doesn't touch it.
09:12Van Dijk does.
09:14McAllister finishes it off.
09:15Is he going to have two goals ruled out?
09:17Look at that.
09:18I think West Ham fans will have a keen eye on this as well, Ian.
09:22It makes a big difference for them.
09:25The goal stands.
09:26The goal stands.
09:27And Liverpool lead by a goal to nil.
09:31We were told there'd be five added minutes.
09:33The clock's ticked round to 98.
09:36But, of course, there was time added
09:38for the previous VAR investigation.
09:43Just when you thought this game was drifting away, there it are.
09:46Yeah.
09:47If you want the proof.
09:48It's the player behind.
09:49You could see that because from the line of what the assistant had,
09:53all you could see was Van Dijk.
09:54But there's a player.
09:55Look at the foot.
09:56I mean, it is a toenail, literally.
09:58Keeping Van Dijk onside from the player behind him.
10:04That is an absolute heartbreaker for Nottingham Forest.
10:09I think it's Einer, who was just behind Van Dijk,
10:12his left toe keeping him onside.
10:14And that is full time.
10:16Liverpool collect the points.
10:18They go level with Chelsea and Manchester United on points.
10:22Vitor Pereira starts with a heart-breaking defeat in his first game with a goal.
10:29Liverpool scored very, very deep.
10:31Not quite the last touch of the ball, but not very far off it.
10:36What a dramatic finale to the game.
10:39Nottingham Forest are beaten and stay deep in trouble.
10:42Only two points above the drop zone.
10:44Forest nil.
10:45Liverpool won.
10:46Hi there, I'm Rebecca Lowe, studio host of NBC's coverage of the Premier League.
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