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Ian Doyle

Liverpool player ratings as Joe Gomez and Fabinho awful in Nottingham Forest defeat

Alisson Becker 7

Safe hands to clutch a number of shots directed at him by Forest first half. No chance with the Forest opener and later saved from Johnson and Yates.

James Milner 6

Offered himself regularly down the right and overlapped well with Elliott. Good engine and great block prevented Gibbs-White making it 2-0. Subbed.

Joe Gomez 4

Somewhat nervy during the opening quarter but had settled before needless foul on Awoniyi led to booking and prompted the Forest opener.

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Virgil van Dijk 6

Solid defensively and pushed into midfield on occasion, hitting big diagonals first half. Missed big chance when getting far-post header all wrong, though, and denied right at death by Henderson.

Andy Robertson 6

Saw sufficient possession on the front foot but too often had to stop and come back inside. More of the same second half.

Fabinho 4

Slow on occasion to provide cover for centre-backs but gradually improved, but didn’t offer much in second half and gave ball away too often. What has happened to him?

Curtis Jones 6

Pressed into an emergency central midfield role due to late Thiago absence, decent enough but sometimes overelaborate on ball. Switched to left flank when Carvalho went off.

Harvey Elliott 7

Great ball created early chance for Carvalho and at the hub of any Liverpool threat. Denied goal by decent Henderson stop second half.

Roberto Firmino 5

Sent header wide from corner but barely involved after that before break. Some good pressuring early second half but still too peripheral. Subbed.

Fabio Carvalho 5

Denied by Henderson after great initial touch, but flitted in and out of the game on the left with increasingly minimal impact. Subbed.

Mohamed Salah 5

One shot deflected wide but wasn’t given much decent service from his team-mates. Took a knock towards half-time and not many openings second half.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (for Milner 62) 6

Rarely able to impact game going forward but header saved late on.

Jordan Henderson (for Carvalho 62) 6

At least looked to get Liverpool on the attack a bit quicker.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (for Firmino 76) 5

Welcome return to action, but barely touched ball.

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