Nottm Forest vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Taiwo Awoniyi winner
Premier League result and reaction after Forest stunned Liverpool to move off the bottom of the Premier League
Nottingham Forest ended their 10-game winless streak in style as Taiwo Awoniyi returned to haunt former club Liverpool and stop their Premier League revival.
Awoniyi was on the books at Anfield for six years without ever playing for them, but showed Jurgen Klopp what he was all about, securing a famous 1-0 win that lifts Forest off the bottom of the table after his second-half goal.
Forest beat Liverpool at the City Ground in their first ever Premier League match 30 years ago and this victory will be just as memorable as it is their first three points since August and will provide hope that they can make a fist of their return to the big time after picking up just three points from their last 27 available.
Follow all the reaction from the City Ground after Nottingham Forest took on Liverpool in Saturday’s early kick off:
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
20 mins: What’s clear is that Manchester United are playing with a different kind of confidence. They knocking the ball across the pitch without fear of the counter-attacking threat that Chelsea pose.
These opening 20 minutes have mostly fallen in United’s favour.
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
17 mins: There are plenty of pockets appearing for Man Utd to operate in but at the minute they’re guilty of trying to walk the ball into the back of the net.
This time they came down the left with Fernandes, Shaw and Sancho linking up to get the ball into the box. All three have chances to take a shot but the keep the move going until Sancho is caught offside when receiving a pass from Shaw.
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
14 mins: Save! United work the ball well down the left side and send it across to Bruno Fernandes. He gives it to Antony who cuts onto his left foot and curls a low effort at the bottom corner that Kepa Arrizabalaga has to leap across and palm wide.
United’s first corner of the corner is whipped into the box but heads over everyone and goes behind for a goal kick.
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
12 mins: Man Utd get two or three chances to cross the ball into the box but all of them come to Antony’s right foot and he’s reluctant to put the ball in.
The visitors end up knocking the ball back to Casemiro who wins them a throw in.
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
9 mins: Chance! Casemiro is getting a lot of space in midfield for United and picks out Eriksen with a simple squared pass. Eriksen sends Luke Shaw flying down the left channel and the Chelsea defenders drop off him.
Shaw manages to get to the edge of the box and fizzes a shot across the penalty area that just bounces wide of the back post.
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
6 mins: Nothing too exciting happening at the minute, Man Utd content to keep the ball, Chelsea pressing decently but without too much aggression.
Casemiro floats a pass over to Antony who takes on Ben Chilwell for the first time but ends up running the ball out of play.
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
3 mins: Marcus Rashford gives the ball away to Raheem Sterling who lays it off to Ruben Loftus-Cheek. The Chelsea midfielder is closed down by Diogo Dalot but the ball bounces off him, hits Ben Chilwell and flies up towards Sterling now free on the left wing.
He carries the ball down the line but the whistle goes as he reaches the box for an offside.
Kick off: Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
Chelsea start the game in fourth place just one point ahead of Manchester United. Whoever wins tonight will end the day inside the top four.
This is perhaps Graham Potter’s biggest test so far as manager of Chelsea, he’s already defeat United when in charge of Brighton this season, can he do it again?
Manchester United get the game underway.
Chelsea vs Manchester United
Here come the teams.
Bruno Fernandes once again captains Manchester United and he’ll want to back up his own performance from the midweek game against Tottenham.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Raheem Sterling are back for Chelsea. Which of these players will be on the winning side tonight?
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