Liverpool snatched victory at Nottingham Forest as Alexis Mac Allister scored a 97th-minute winner amid late drama at the City Ground.
Mac Allister had appeared to have given his side an undeserved 1-0 win in the 89th minute only for his goal to be ruled out for handball but there was no reprieve for Forest in stoppage time when the Argentina international crashed in from close range.
Jamie Carragher called the victory “one of the biggest robberies” of the Premier League season after what he called a first-half “horror show” in which Liverpool were totally outplayed, struggling to adapt to the loss of Florian Wirtz to injury before kick-off.
Vitor Pereira, who was taking charge of Forest for the first time in the Premier League, saw his side have 12 of the 14 shots in the first half and they should have scored from the first of them when Callum Hudson-Odoi was clean through but Alisson saved.
The game petered out after the interval until igniting late on. Hugo Ekitike should have beaten Stefan Ortega but Mac Allister seemed to have finished it anyway, Ola Aina’s clearance ricocheting in off him. Replays seemed to suggest it came off his elbow.
But Liverpool were not to be denied, Mac Allister seizing on another loose ball – with VAR not coming to Forest’s rescue this time. Pereira’s side stay two points clear of the drop zone. Liverpool move level on points with Chelsea and Manchester United.
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