Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool Player ratings as super sub Jota saves Reds

- Liverpool fought from behind to secure 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest
- Diogo Jota’s second-half effort cancelled out Chris Wood’s early strike
- Matz Sels produced several stunning saves late in the match
Liverpool stumbled in their bid crowned Premier League champions on Tuesday evening.
They could only manage a 1-1 draw against high-flying Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
The home side made the dream start. They sought to do an incredible double over Liverpool, with Chris Wood firing them in front after just eight minutes. The 33-year-old drilled a low effort beyond Alisson as Forest punished their visitors’ sloppiness on the counter-attack.
Forest hadn’t conceded since mid-December such has their remarkable defensive organisation. They showed few signs of allowing Liverpool back into proceedings. Their resolute backline were defiant in their individual battles and entered half-time having not faced a single shot on target.
Liverpool’s creative struggles เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย continued at the beginning of the second period but the arrival of Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota proved pivotal in the 65th minute. The left-back’s first touch of the game set up the Portuguese from a corner and the forward’s header. Which came just 22 seconds after coming on, drew Liverpool level.
Jota came close to firing ahead ten minutes after his opener.
Matz Sels produced a stunning save to deny him. The ball fell fortuitously to the attacker inside the penalty area but a sprawling point-blank stop from the Belgian goalkeeper kept out.
Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo forced Sels. into smart saves in the closing ten minutes as Liverpool sought a winner. With the Egyptian also seeing a late effort cleared off the line by Ola Aina.
In the end, Forest’s defence just about held firm to secure a fiercely-contested point against the table toppers. Liverpool dropping points for the second straight Premier League match.