Liverpool’s good begin underneath Arne Slot got here to a surprising finish as Nottingham Forest received 1-0 at Anfield on Saturday, whereas Erling Haaland’s double despatched Manchester Metropolis three factors clear on the high of the Premier League in a 2-1 win over Brentford. Earlier, Manchester United eased the strain on Erik ten Hag with a snug 3-0 win at Southampton. Forest had not received at Anfield within the high flight for 55 years however the residence devoted have been shocked when Callum Hudson-Odoi fired within the winner 18 minutes from time. Liverpool had received all three of their opening video games underneath Slot with out conceding, together with a 3-0 win away at Manchester United two weeks in the past.However the Reds have been sloppy and sluggish after the worldwide break and made to pay.
Luis Diaz hit the submit and Diogo Jota wasted a giant likelihood to place Liverpool forward earlier than half-time.
They usually have been punished when Hudson-Odoi latched onto Anthony Elanga’s go, reduce inside and unleashed an correct strike low past Alisson Becker.
“The consequence frustrates essentially the most and we can’t be comfortable about how the sport went. It was a stop-start sport and we hardly created any probabilities,” stated Slot.
“We solely have to have a look at ourselves, we’ve to be higher. Far too many instances we misplaced the ball across the space, it was not ok. We’ve got to be higher with the ball.”
Victory lifts Forest into fourth with eight factors from their opening 4 video games.
“The gamers did it so properly. We have been towards the ropes however we stayed within the sport and located our second,” stated Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo.
Metropolis took full benefit of Liverpool’s defeat to maneuver clear on the high by stretching their one hundred pc report to 4 video games regardless of a disastrous begin.
Nonetheless, Haaland’s type at the beginning of the season stays unstoppable, even when the Norwegian simply missed out on a report third consecutive hat-trick within the Premier League.
The 24-year-old’s highly effective deflected effort introduced Metropolis degree earlier than he confirmed a mixture of power and talent to shrug off Ethan Pinnock and dink the ball over the onrushing Mark Flekken.
Solely the submit denied Haaland one other hat-trick after half-time however he now has a Premier League report 9 targets within the first 4 video games of the season.
United had been left to fester on their humbling by Liverpool for 2 weeks over the worldwide break, however bounced again after a sluggish begin at Southampton.
The Purple Devils wanted a penalty save from Andre Onana to disclaim Cameron Archer earlier than two targets in 5 minutes simply earlier than half-time swung the sport decisively within the guests’ favour.
Matthijs de Ligt nodded in his first United purpose earlier than Marcus Rashford ended his six-month drought by discovering the underside nook with a curling effort.
Southampton are but to register a degree in 4 video games since their return to the highest flight and inflicted extra harm on themselves when captain Jack Stephens noticed purple for a wild lunge on Alejandro Garnacho.
The Argentine dusted himself off to then spherical off the scoring with a thumping end into the roof of the web in stoppage time.
“As soon as Andre stopped the penalty, straight after, we scored a purpose with Matthijs de Ligt, the sport was all ours and we dominate the sport from that time,” stated Ten Hag.
Third-placed Brighton stay unbeaten however have been unable to interrupt down Ipswich in a 0-0 draw on the Amex.
Crystal Palace got here from 2-0 right down to salvage a 2-2 draw towards Leicester because of Jean-Philippe Mateta’s double.
West Ham additionally struck late by way of Danny Ings to grab a 1-1 draw at Fulham.
Arsenal face Tottenham within the north London derby within the decide of Sunday’s motion.
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