Arne Slot’s honeymoon period as Liverpool head coach came to an end as Nottingham Forest pulled off a shock victory at Anfield.
Even taking into account the visitors’ 23-year Premier League absence, the gap between this 1-0 win and their last success here in February 1969 seemed a long time.
But Forest did what they had to do – hold out long enough against off-colour opponents to carve out a decent opportunity, although when it came it was barely a half-chance.
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Substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi had a semblance of an idea when he picked up the ball on the left wing but, after cutting inside past Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate, even he could not have imagined how perfectly he would strike his low curling shot which crept inside Alisson Becker’s left-hand post.
It extended their unbeaten start to the season while ending Liverpool’s, whose concession of their first goal of the campaign proved pivotal.
Virgil van Dijk’s weak effort dropped wide before Sels saved from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s inswinging corner and Mac Allister’s header.