Liverpool dropped points for the first time this season after a second-half stunner from Callum Hudson-Odoi earned Nottingham Forest their first victory at Anfield in 55 years.

Arne Slot's side were yet to concede a league goal this term, before the introduction of Hudson-Odoi from the Forest bench, with Nuno Espirito Santo masterminding the unlikeliest of 1-0 wins.

The substitute scored the winner in the 72nd minute after Liverpool's retreating backline offered him the time and space to measure a shot from 20 yards, beckoned to try his luck by the travelling support behind the goal. He obliged, bending a perfectly precise strike beyond Alisson at full stretch.

"We lost the ball so many times in simple positions," Slot said. "It wasn't good enough, too many individual performances were not of the standard I'm used to. It's a big setback."

Liverpool, with lofty ambitions in Slot's first season in charge, created plenty but lacked any cutting edge as every final pass or attempted finish failed to hit the correct mark.​​​​​​​

Their 14 shots at goal - five on target - were a sign of the home side's obvious dominance, but unlike the opening three weeks of the campaign where they scored seven times, were unable to convert such superiority into anything tangible.

Meanwhile, everything Forest did paid off.

Both team selection - Ryan Yates and James Ward-Prowse were among four changes, selected to pack the middle of the park - and formation worked to stifle and frustrate Liverpool. Substitutions made a game-changing impact as Anthony Elanga and Hudson-Odoi combined for the winner. The product of a precise and well constructed game plan, executed perfectly.

"Many of our fans were not even born [the last time Forest won at Anfield]. That says how hard it is to win here," Nuno reflected.