These two sides have already met at the City Ground once in 2022 as Liverpool gained a 1-0 win in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in March, on their way to winning the trophy.

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Neil Johnston
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This fixture is a rivalry for the ages.

Nottingham Forest and Liverpool pretty much dominated English and European football between 1978 and 1980, winning three league titles and three European Cups between them in three seasons.

This is the first league meeting between the two clubs since 1999 when a 19-year-old Michael Owen was among the scorers in a 2-2 draw at the City Ground, and an 18-year-old called Steven Gerrard started on the bench.

Whatever happened to Gerrard?

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These are some of the entries from today's Gossip column.

Manchester United are considering releasing Cristiano Ronaldo on a free transfer after the 37-year-old Portugal forward was dropped for refusing to come on as a substitute against Tottenham on Wednesday. (The i), external

The Red Devils may make a January move for Atletico Madrid's Portugal forward Joao Felix, 22, as Ronaldo's replacement. (Deportes Cuatro - in Spanish), external

Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim is on Aston Villa's shortlist to succeed Steven Gerrard, but former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is not interested in the role. (The Athletic - subscription required), external

Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is also not interested in taking the manager's job at Villa Park. (Telegraph), external

Villa would have to pay a 30m euro (£26.3m) release clause to appoint Amorim, a world record fee for a manager. (Mirror), external

Brentford are braced for an approach from Villa for their Danish manager Thomas Frank.(Football Insider), external

Arsenal are interested in Eintracht Frankfurt's 23-year-old French defender Evan Ndicka.(Evening Standard), external

Here is Jurgen Klopp and the Liverpool players arriving at the City Ground.

Nottingham Forest will move off the bottom with a win today against Liverpool, with Wolves facing Leicester among the five games tomorrow.

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This is how it stands at the top of the Premier League table before we get going today. Manchester City will move one point behind leaders Arsenal with a home win over Brighton, while fourth-placed Chelsea take on fifth-placed Manchester United.

Liverpool will definitely move above Newcastle with a win today and could also go above Manchester United, depending on the result at Stamford Bridge.

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Two changes for Nottingham Forest from the side that started the 0-0 draw with Brighton on Tuesday.

Local hero Brennan Johnson drops to the bench as Taiwo Awoniyi returns, while Cheikhou Kouyate also returns in place of Orel Mangala.

Nottingham Forest: Henderson, Aurier, Cook, McKenna, Williams, Yates, Freuler, Kouyate, Gibbs-White, Awoniyi, Lingard.

Substitutes: Biancone, Worrall, Mangala, Hennessey, Surridge, Johnson, Dennis, Boly, Renan Lodi.

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Five changes for Liverpool perhaps with one eye on next Wednesday's Champions League game away to Ajax.

Andy Robertson is among those returning while 36-year-old James Milner is handed the captain's armband.

Darwin Nunez, who was a doubt with a muscle problem, is not involved. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jordan Henderson drop to the bench.

Liverpool: Alisson, Milner, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Elliott, Fabinho, Jones, Salah, Firmino, Carvalho.

Substitutes: Adrian, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Clark, Bajcetic, Phillips, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold.

And this was another of the big stories...

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has said there "has to be consequences" after confirming Cristiano Ronaldo refused to come on as a substitute against Tottenham on Wednesday.

Ronaldo, 37, left Old Trafford before full-time after leaving the bench and walking down the tunnel in the 89th minute of United's 2-0 win.

He has been dropped for today's game at Chelsea and is training alone.

Asked directly whether Ronaldo refused to come on, Ten Hag said: "Yes."

Ten Hag warned the Portugal international about his conduct in the summer when he left Old Trafford early after being substituted at half-time in a pre-season friendly with Rayo Vallecano.This time he felt he had to act.

"I am the manager, I am responsible for the culture here. I have to set standards and values and have to control them. We are in a team," Ten Hag said.

"After Rayo Vallecano, I said it was unacceptable, but it wasn't just him. The second time there has to be consequences. That is what has happened.

"We miss him tomorrow, that is a miss for us and the squad, but I think it is important for the attitude and mentality of the group and now we have to focus on Chelsea - that is the most important."

As Neil mentioned, this has been one of the biggest stories in the Premier League this week...

Aston Villa have sacked manager Steven Gerrard following Thursday's 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham.

Villa have won just twice in the league this season and only sit above the relegation zone on goals scored. First-team coach Aaron Danks will take charge of the team for Sunday's home game against Brentford.

In a statement on Friday, , externalVilla chief executive Christian Purslow said objectives "had not been achieved" under Gerrard.

"The board has come to this decision following a full evaluation of results and performances over the calendar year," he said.

"We were clear when we appointed Steven that we set an objective of continuous improvement but that has not been achieved despite everybody's best efforts and we believe the time is right to make these changes now.

"The process of appointing a new head coach is under way and we will update supporters as soon as possible."

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at the City Ground

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Name a more picturesque scene in the Premier League?

It's a glorious sunny morning by the banks of the River Trent and Nottingham Forest badly need a win after dropping to the bottom of the table following Leicester's win over Leeds on Thursday.

But in a week when Steven Gerrard became the fourth Premier League manager to lose his job this season, Steve Cooper's position is safe for now.

In his 13 months at the helm, Cooper has led Forest from the bottom of the Championship to the top-flight for the first time in 23 years.

Earlier this month he signed a new deal until 2025 after helping repair a fractured relationship between fans and the club.

Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of today's Premier League football with four games to entertain us.

It's been a good week on the pitch for Liverpool with wins over Manchester City and West Ham.

Can they continue their good run of form today at Nottingham Forest?

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