Nottingham Forest stunned Anfield with a ruthless 3–0 win that drops the reigning champions into the Premier League’s bottom half and deepens Arne Slot’s mounting crisis. Forest’s goals came from Murillo, Nicolò Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White as Liverpool suffered a sixth league defeat in seven.

Key moments

• Murillo opener: Forest struck from a set-piece to seize control before half-time.
• Lightning restart: Savona doubled the lead seconds after the interval, punishing shaky defending.
• Sealed late: Gibbs-White made it three after Alisson’s save fell kindly in the area.
• VAR drama: Igor Jesus had a Forest goal ruled out for handball, with the incident dissected on Soccer Saturday.

What Soccer Saturday highlighted

The panel zeroed in on Liverpool’s recurring set-piece vulnerability, the psychological dip after conceding first, and how Forest’s compact shape under Sean Dyche throttled Liverpool’s supply lines. The disallowed-goal flashpoint only reinforced a broader takeaway: Forest looked assured and street-smart; Liverpool looked fragile.

Tactical snapshot

Forest’s 4-4-2 out of possession slid into a narrow 4-5-1 to clog central lanes, inviting Liverpool wide and backing their center-backs in the air. Transitions were clean: first pass forward, runners beyond the ball, and bodies attacking second phases. Liverpool’s changes chased control more than chance quality, and the game state ran away from them.

What it means

The defeat leaves Liverpool marooned in mid-table territory, eight points off the pace and facing a brutal narrative swing from title defense to damage limitation, while Forest climb out of the drop zone and bank belief that their reset is real.