Nuno Espirito Santo reveals Nottingham Forest targeted two Liverpool stars during shock win

Nuno Espirito Santo has revealed that targeting 2 Liverpool stars helped Nottingham Forest propulsion disconnected a stunning 1-0 triumph astatine Anfield.

Forest inflicted the archetypal decision of Arne Slot’s Liverpool vocation connected Saturday, with Anthony Elanga mounting up Callum Hudson-Odoi to people the stunning victor successful the 72nd minute.

This was Forest’s archetypal triumph astatine Anfield since 1969 and maintains their awesome unbeaten commencement to the Premier League season.

Post-match, Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker criticised Santo’s ‘long ball’ tactics, but helium seemed to beryllium successful minority, with overmuch praise going to Forest’s show and the interaction of substitutes Hudson-Odoi and Elanga.

Santo aboriginal explained his tactics, specifically referencing however helium started with cardinal midfielders arsenic his wingers who were tasked with neutralising the Reds’ full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson.

‘Realising Liverpool are specified a bully team, it required a batch of effort from the players, the organisation, tackling and the covers,’ the Forest manager said.

‘The lone mode to execute thing present is if you are organised and bash everything that you can.

‘When you commencement the mode we started with our wingers, Nico Dominguez and Elliot Anderson, each the effort of them tracking Liverpool’s full-backs – it is simply a batch of energy.

‘With the antiaircraft task today, [covering] the wrong runs of the full-backs, intolerable to bash each day. We knew we had to marque subs.

‘They came successful to interaction the game, was good. The squad needed caller legs and they played well.

‘We are moving hard and it is astir gathering and believing successful this thought that you tin develop.’

Forest volition adjacent beryllium successful enactment adjacent Sunday erstwhile they question to Brighton who person besides started the play undefeated.

Liverpool meantime volition beryllium looking to bounce backmost erstwhile they kick-off their Champions League run with a travel to AC Milan connected Tuesday night.

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