Liverpool's start to 2025 has been far from ideal as they prepare to face third-placed Nottingham Forest, who have the chance to close the gap to just three poi

Liverpool then came up against a one-man barrier in the shape of Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels, who made a string of incredible saves to earn the hosts a point. The draw suited Slot's men fine as they remain six points above Forest, with a game in hand, and seven in front of Arsenal who play Tottenham on Wednesday.

All it took was one connection from Diogo Jota and Konstantinos Tsimikas to turn what looked like a loss for Liverpool at the City Ground into a 1-1 draw against surprising Nottingham Forest. This was another example of manager Arne Slot being able to use his entire squad to push the right buttons at the right time to get his team into high gear,