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The first match report is in. And it’s the big one.
If your name is Erling Haaland, you may want to have a look here before you take the field at St James’ Park. Igor Thiago is now only five goals behind you!
A word in defence of Arne Slot. “The idea of sacking Slot is still premature,” says Rupak Pramanik. “What if the club gets in a downward spiral like Man Utd? It is Slot’s team, under progress, he has enough credit in his bank to get this full season.”
You mean you wouldn’t want Ruben Amorim?
The last time Liverpool lost 3-0 twice in a row in the league was in 1965. That’s according to my sources close to BBC 5 Live, which didn’t exist at the time.
“I think Slot is still a good coach,” says Andy Harper, “but he’s clearly not coping well with a downturn. He is showing his inexperience in these situations. Chucking six forwards on to salvage games all the time just isn’t a sustainable tactic, it’ll only work a couple of times a season, he’s doing it nearly every week.
“Unfortunately pressure is building, and it looks increasingly likely he will pay with his job. Bottom line Liverpool cannot be 11th having lost 6 PL games before December.”
Good points, but doesn’t a league title in your first season win you some extra patience?
ShareFULL TIME! Brighton 2-1 Brentford
The good-housekeeping derby is won by the team playing at home. Igor Thiago converted one penalty and missed another as Brighton came from behind through good old Danny Welbeck and young Jack Hinshelwood.
ShareFULL TIME! Fulham 1-0 Sunderland
Fulham shake off their autumn slump, dominating the game (24 shots to four) and eventually winning it through Raul Jimenez. But Sunderland are still in the top six.
ShareFULL TIME! Bournemouth 2-2 West Ham
Nuno’s Hammers aced the first half with two goals from the rejuvenated Callum Wilson (aged 34). But Bournemouth are unbeaten at home this season and they showed why in the last quarter of the game, with a penalty from Tavernier and an equaliser from Udal.
ShareFULL TIME!!! Liverpool 0-3 Forest
They won at Anfield last year, when it was unthinkable. And now they’ve done it again, in style, when it’s more thinkable but still not easy. Xavi Alonso went to Liverpool and lost; Sean Dyche has gone there and won, hands down.
SharePENALTY SAVED! Brighton 2-1 Brentford
Igor Thiago, who scored a penalty to put Brentford ahead, has now fluffed one when he had the chance to equalise. Verbruggen dived to his right and saved.
Bart Verbruggen saves from Thiago! Photograph: Tony O Brien/ReutersShare
Updated at 12.00 EST
FULL TIME! Wolves 0-2 Palace
So no new-manager bounce for Rob Edwards, yet. Wolves did keep a clean sheet for an hour, but then Palace’s class told with goals from Munoz and Pino.
“I am a Liverpool fan,” says Bilal Ahmed Shariff, “and we need to change the manager as soon as possible. Zero excuses accepted for this performance. The team keeps sinking to a new low every week.”
The last time Forest won at the home of the reigning league champions was in 1994, when they beat Man United at Old Trafford.
As it stands … Palace are fourth, Brighton fifth, Sunderland sixth, Bournemouth seventh. And Liverpool 11th!
If the Forest fans aren’t singing “You’re getting sacked in the morning,” that’s very polite of them.
Updated at 11.50 EST
GOAL! Brighton 2-1 Brentford (Hinshelwood 84)
Jack Hinshelwood comes off the bench, picks up a rebound from Yankuba Minteh’s shot and scores what could well be the winner. Brighton are so good at home – it just took them 70 minutes to show it today.
Jack Hinshelwood completes the turnaround! Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images/ReutersShare
Updated at 11.48 EST
To lose one league game 3-0 may be considered a misfortune, especially if it’s at the Etihad. To lose the next one 3-0, at your own fortress, looks like carelessness. Liverpool have fallen apart again and Forest are in heaven.
ShareGOAL! Fulham 1-0 Sunderland (Jimenez 84)
Fulham’s dominance finally shows up on the scoreboard.
Fulham’s Raul Jimenez celebrates after finally breaking the deadlock! Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/ReutersShare
Updated at 11.47 EST
GOAL! Bournemouth 2-2 West Ham (Unal 81)
From 2-0 down, suddenly Bournemouth are level! And it’s Unal who does the trick, a minute after coming off the bench.
ShareGOAL!!!!! Liverpool 0-3 Forest (Gibbs-White 78)
It’s a rout! Gibbs-White, first time, left foot, game over. “Thoroughly deserved” says the commentator on 5 Live.
Morgan Gibbs-White fires in a third for Forest at Anfield! Photograph: Phil Noble/ReutersShare
Updated at 11.43 EST
Game of the day in the Bundesliga, says Kári Tulinius. “Stuttgart’s visit to Dortmund looked like it would be a home win, first when the Prussians went in two goals to the good at half-time, and then when Adeyemi scored to make it 3-2 in the final minute of regulation. But Brighton old boy Deniz Undav, who’d scored two brilliant strikes, then completed his hat-trick. How the Seagulls could use him now. A real thriller.”
The Prussians! That may be the acceptable face of elegant variation.
Updated at 11.39 EST
“So far, as a Liverpool supporter,” says Joe Pearson, “I am not impressed by Slot’s sophomore album.”
The table is mildly absurd at the moment. That goal from Danny Welbeck has sent Brentford from fifth to 12th, as it stands. And Liverpool, without managing a goal, have crept up to ninth.
ShareGOAL! Brighton 1-1 Brentford (Welbeck 71)
One home goal brings two! And Danny Welbeck can’t stop scoring. Someone must have told him that Callum Wilson had got two.
Welbeck pulls the trigger! Photograph: Tony O Brien/ReutersShare
Updated at 11.38 EST
That penalty from Tavernier was the first Premier League goal today from anybody playing at home. After five lots of 70 minutes and one of 90, so something like 440 minutes.
Remember Bayern Munich going 2-0 down early on, at home to Freiburg? They’re now 6-2 up. And yes, Harry Kane has got his obligatory goal.
Harry Kane scoring again. Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPAShare
Updated at 11.35 EST
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-2 West Ham (Tavernier pen 70)
Evanilsen wins a penalty from Max Kilman. Marcus Tavernier hits it down the middle and Bournemouth are back in it.
Marcus Tavernier makes no mistake from the spot. Photograph: David Klein/ReutersShare
Updated at 11.34 EST
GOAL!! Wolves 0-2 Palace (Pino 69)
One brings two! And it sounds like a worldie from Yeremy Pino.
Yeremi Pino doubles up for the Eagles. Photograph: Jacob King/PAShare
Updated at 11.36 EST
So that’s yet another away goal. Does anyone still do the Pools?
ShareGOAL! Wolves 0-1 Palace (Munoz 63)
Wolves held firm for an hour … but then there was a Palace corner, a shot from Adam Wharton, a block and a simple chance for Daniel Munoz.
Daniel Munoz breaks the deadlock at Molineaux. Photograph: Jacob King/PAShare
Updated at 11.28 EST
The 5.30 game is a tasty one – Man City, looking ominous, visiting St James’ Park, still a hard place to win. Do join Scott Murray to see the teams picked by Eddie Howe and Pep Guardiola.
Liverpool 0-2 Forest What’s Slot got? He’s got Hugo Etitike, who is coming on … for Konate.
Still not a single home goal in the Premier League today. Seven from the away teams, led by Chelsea with two at Burnley, West Ham with two at Bournemouth and Forest with two at Anfield, of all places.
Updated at 11.18 EST
If you like a hit parade, have a glance at our list of PL top scorers. You know who’s top – Norway’s answer to Bryan Adams – but below him, Igor Thiago and Callum Wilson are on manoeuvres.
As it stands … Liverpool are 10th. Forest are out of the bottom three, where they should never have been in the first place. Brentford are up to fifth, Palace to seventh, and Sunderland are still fourth.
ShareGOAL!!! Liverpool 0-2 Forest (Savona 46)
Forest deserved to be 2-0 up before half-time and now they are, just afterwards. It’s one full-back to another as Williams’s cross finds Savona, who finishes like a striker. What have you got, Arne Slot?
Nicolo Savona strikes to double Forests lead at Anfield! Photograph: Matt West/ShutterstockShare
Updated at 11.12 EST
Wondering what happened earlier today in the Championship? Our friends at PA Media can help.
ShareHALF-TIME! Brighton 0-1 Brentford
Brighton are hard to beat at home, but they’re 1-0 down after Carlos Baleba gave away a penalty by fouling Igor Thiago, who scored from the spot.
ShareHALF-TIME!! Liverpool 0-1 Forest
They did it last year, when it was almost impossible, and they’re threatening to do it again this year, when it’s still not easy as long as the game is at Anfield. Liverpool have had 10 shots to Forest’s four, but only a controversial call from the refs has saved them from going 2-0 down.
ShareHALF-TIME! Bournemouth 0-2 West Ham
It’s the Callum Wilson show. We’ve only had four goals in these five matches so far, and he’s scored two of them.
ShareHALF-TIME! Fulham 0-0 Sunderland
Another stalemate, so far, at Craven Cottage. It looks as if Fulham have been well on top, with 10 shots to Sunderland’s one. Are Sunderland finally beginning to behave like a promoted club?
ShareHALF-TIME! Wolves 0-0 Palace
A minor triumph for Rob Edwards: his team have kept half a clean sheet.
Liverpool 0-1 Forest Liverpool have gone behind in eight games this season and lost seven of them. But they’ve just had what may have been a stroke of luck. The consensus among the ex-players on the BBC’s Final Score, is that the ball his Jesus’ ribs, not his arm.
Updated at 10.46 EST
Bournemouth 0-2 West Ham It was a free kick that led to the ball bobbling about in the box. Wilson got it under control, jinked his way into a pocket of space and thumped the ball into the top corner. At this rate, he’ll be going to the World Cup.