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Former Premier League striker Alan Shearer spoke on Match of the Day about Nottingham Forest's performance against Liverpool on Saturday:

"They were absolutely magnificent from start to finish. They had a gameplan and it worked to perfection.

"You've got to be almost perfect when you come to Anfield, especially with the form that Liverpool are in - and Forest were. There was just no way through, no gaps or spaces in the midfield. They were really tight and compact and Liverpool just got frustrated with how well Forest were playing.

"There was no way through for [Mohamed] Salah against [Alex] Moreno, and on the other side with [Luis] Diaz and [Ola] Aina.

"They [the defenders] were fighting with each other to close Liverpool down and get in the way.

"This was no fluke, - this was absolutely deserved. What a win, and a great start to the season."

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• Liverpool 0-1 Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest secured their first away top-flight win against Liverpool since February 1969, ending their 25-game winless run at Anfield in league competition.

Nuno Espirito Santo secured his first ever Premier League victory against Liverpool, having lost all seven meetings with the Reds coming into today’s game.

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Anthony Elanga spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live after Nottingham Forest's victory against Liverpool: "We come here to Liverpool and not many teams can beat them and play the way we did - we got rewarded with it at the end.

"This game reminded of the game we played at Chelsea [Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest], it's a special win today.

"Me and Callum [Hudson-Odoi] spoke about it on the bench - 'when we come on we would make a difference'.

"We have started the season well, but we have still got 35 games left - we have to go game-by-game.

"Last season we played the big sides and played well, it was marginal difference and they were clinical - today we were clinical."

Callum Hudson-Odoi spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Saturday's win: "Everyone's morale is up, we are confident going into every game. We know in our heads the mentality has to be right and we are doing that as a team. The camp is good.

"I didn't start but I wasn't angry or disappointed, I am buzzing, we are all buzzing. It's nice to get the goals but it's just the start of the season and I can keep getting more."

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Nuno Espirito Santo spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live after Nottingham Forest's victory over Liverpool: "Realising Liverpool are such a good team it required a lot of effort from the players, the organisation, tackling and the covers.

"The only way to achieve anything here is if you are organised and do everything that you can.

"When you start the way we started with our wingers, Neco Williams and Elliot Anderson - all the effort of them tracking Liverpool's full-backs it is a lot of energy.

"The team needed fresh legs and they played well.

"We are working hard and it is about building and believing in this idea that you can develop."

Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport journalist at Anfield

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Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo deserves huge credit for their start to the season.

All the talk was of Liverpool's unbeaten start under Slot - but Forest had not lost a Premier League game either.

And now they are the unbeaten ones.

Their first-half performance was solid and unspectacular. They frustrated Liverpool but did not have a single shot before the break.

Nuno's bravery swung the game Forest's way. He brought on Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga when the temptation might have been to shore things up - and it paid off.

Elanga found Hudson-Odoi for the goal.

Forest players went to celebrate with their fans at the end of their first win at Anfield since the first man landed on the Moon.

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.

For week four, he takes on Femi Koleoso and Ife Ogunjobi from jazz band Ezra Collective, the 2023 Mercury Music Prize winners.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

I'm at Anfield for BBC Radio 5 Live and I'm looking forward to seeing Arne Slot's Liverpool.

They haven't conceded a goal yet, and they don't give away many chances, but they still look good going forward and absolutely tore Manchester United apart at Old Trafford.

Chris Wood is in good form for Nottingham Forest, but I just don't see them scoring.

Their plan will probably be to just sit in and try to keep Liverpool out, but I don't think that will work either - Mohamed Salah will score and Slot will win again.

Femi's prediction: 3-0

Liverpool are looking like the second-best team in the league at the moment.

Ife's prediction: 4-0

They are at home so I am expecting some goals.

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