Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool - final score, Taiwo Awoniyi goal and Jurgen Klopp reaction

Liverpool going nowhere and worst defeat of the season proves it

Anyone wanting an idea of how Liverpool’s season is going need only look at the last seven days.

On Sunday, a mammoth effort earned Jurgen Klopp ’s side deserved victory over champions Manchester City and issued a stirring a reminder of the levels they can still reach as they looked to move up the Premier League table.

It came at cost, though, with the loss of a key player. Another was forced off three days later, when the Reds showed further resilience to grind out another narrow home win, this time against West Ham United.

And now this, an abject defeat against limited opposition that had gone into the game propping up the Premier League, all while once again having to do without a key player, Thiago Alcantara having withdrawn in the early hours of the morning with an ear infection.

The performance at another promoted side, Fulham, on the opening day was more alarming. This 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest, though, was by some distance Liverpool’s worst result of the season, further evidence of how easy it so get something from the Reds at present. Indeed, they have now already lost more times in the Premier League this campaign than the whole of the last term. They’ve played 11 times.

Read Ian Doyle's snap analysis, here.