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NEW Liverpool manager Arne Slot suffered his first setback as his side surprisingly lost 1-0 at home to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday but Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the season.
Forest had not tasted victory at Anfield since 1969 but Callum Hudson-Odoi’s 72nd minute curler beyond Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson secured the three points as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side moved into the Premier League’s top five.
Erling Haaland, whose place in Manchester City’s side was in doubt after being granted compassionate leave this week, continued his incredible start to the season with two goals as City recovered from conceding after 22 seconds to win 2-1.
Reigning champions City are top with a maximum 12 points from four games, with Liverpool second on nine along with third-placed Aston Villa who hit back from 2-0 down to beat Everton 3-2 thanks to an Ollie Watkins double and a stunning Jhon Duran winner that left the visitors still without a point.
Fourth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion, who drew 0-0 at home to promoted Ipswich Town, are on eight points along with Forest.
Manchester United’s new signing Matthijs de Ligt grabbed his first goal of the campaign and Marcus Rashford scored for the first time since March as Erik Ten Hag’s side cruised to a 3-0 victory at Southampton who are yet to earn a point.
Chelsea rode their luck at Bournemouth in the late kickoff but earned their second league success of the season with the substitute poking home in the 86th minute for a 1-0 victory.
The 33-year-old died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner in the Kenyan village where she was living, just three weeks after returning from a 44th place finish at the Paris Olympic Games. Bournemouth twice hit the woodwork and had an Evanilson penalty saved by Robert Sanchez in the first half.
The game contained a Premier League record 14 yellow cards, eight of them shown to Chelsea players.
LIVERPOOL STUMBLE
Liverpool’s transition from the Juergen Klopp era had appeared seamless as they began the season with three league victories, but they stumbled badly against Forest.
“The result frustrates the most, and we cannot be happy about how the game went. It was a stop-start game and we hardly created any chances,” lamented Dutchman Slot.
“We only have to look at ourselves – we have to be better. Far too many times we lost the ball around the area, it was not good enough. We have to be better with the ball.”
For Forest, their start offers optimism that they can finally begin to look upwards in the table after two seasons fighting against relegation.
They produced a tactically astute display to frustrate Liverpool and then sent their visiting fans wild as Anthony Elanga found his fellow substitute Hudson-Odoi with a brilliant cross-field pass, and the 23-year-old winger finished in style. — Reuters.
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