Liverpool falls to the "lower ranking" .. and Mohamed Salah does not score
Liverpool returned to the series of losing this season in the English Premier League, by falling on Saturday to the bottom of the standings, Nottingham Forest, zero-1, at the opening of the thirteenth stage.
While the Reds were trying to continue their upward trend with a third win in a row, dusting off a series of 3 matches without a win, they fell into the trap of Nottingham, who bid farewell to the bottom temporarily to occupy the nineteenth place with only his second victory this season.
With his third loss, Liverpool has exceeded its total losses last season (2), when it finished runners-up by a point behind Manchester City.
In the last two games, Liverpool beat Manchester City 1-0 with the goal of Egyptian Mohamed Salah, and the same result was the same against West Ham United through Uruguayan Darwin Nunes.
With his loss, Liverpool's balance froze at 16 points, and it may give up seventh place, according to the rest of the results of the stage.
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp made five changes to the winning squad against West Ham. Spaniard Thiago Alcantara missed an ear infection, in addition to the injured Nunes, knowing that he also misses Colombian Luis Dias and Portugal's Diogo Jota.
Liverpool was the best in the first half, without danger due to its slowness and lack of decisive touch.
He got the most prominent opportunity through his Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk, who missed a good header in front of the goal (38).
While Salah missed the dressage and opened the scoring (53), Nigerian striker Taiwo Owenyi opened the scoring in two batches after his ball bounced off the post of Brazilian goalkeeper Alison Becker after a free kick (55).
Onyi spent six years as a player with Liverpool without playing a game in his ranks, as he was loaned to several clubs in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
With Klopp using his substitutions, Liverpool failed to equalize through Harvey Elliott (57), Brazilian Roberto Firmino (65), substitute Trent Alexander-Arnold (85) and Van Dyck in front of goal (90).
While Alisson Becker went down to contribute to an increase in the offensive quantity during a corner kick, brilliant goalkeeper Dean Henderson made a wonderful save on his own line with a beautiful header from Van Dyck (90 + 2).
With the final whistle, the Nottingham stands ignited in celebration of the victory over one of the most prominent teams in the league and temporary exit from the bottom of the standings.
Liverpool will travel to Ajax Amsterdam on Wednesday in the Champions League, where they are trying to cut the 16th round ticket and catch up with Napoli.
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