Nottingham Forest vs. Liverpool live score, result, updates ...

CITY GROUND, NOTTINGHAM — Darwin Nunez headed a winner in the ninth minute of stoppage time to give Premier League leaders Liverpool a dramatic 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest.

Jurgen Klopp’s side came into the game on a wave of enthusiasm following the exploits of his young players in the Carabao Cup final triumph over Chelsea and the FA Cup victory against Southampton.

However, a significant injury list appeared to catch up with them on the banks of the River Trent as Liverpool played in fits and starts and failed to register a shot on target during the first half.

Taiwo Awoniyi’s second-half introduction gave Forest more attacking impetus and they arguably created the better chances. But, after eight minutes of stoppage time had expired, substitute Nunez got on the end of Alexis Mac Allister’s delightful floated cross to send the travelling supporters into ecstasy and put Klopp's side four and five points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal respectively.

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Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool final score

	Fulltime	Goalscorers
Forest	0
Liverpool	1	Nunes 90+9'

Lineups:

Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1, right to left): 26. Matz Sels (GK) — 7. Neco Williams, 32. Andrew Omobamidele, 40. Murillo, 15. Harry Toffolo — 22. Ryan Yates, 16. Nicolas Dominguez (28. Danilo) — 21. Anthony Elanga, 10. Morgan Gibbs-White, 14. Callum Hudson-Odoi — 27. Divock Origi (9. Taiwo Awoniyi).

Liverpool (formation, right to left): 62. Caoimhin Kelleher (GK) — 84. Conor Bradley (21. Kostas Tsimikas), 5. Ibrahima Konate, 4. Virgin van Dijk, 26. Andy Robertson (3. Wataru Endo) — 10. Alexis Mac Allister, 2. Joe Gomez, 42. Bobby Clark (9. Darwin Nunez) — 19. Harvey Elliott (8. Dominik Szoboszlai), 18. Cody Gakpo (76. Jayden Danns), 7. Luis Diaz.

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Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool live updates, highlights, and commentary

Fulltime: Forest barely had time to kick off. They're crestfallen. There are absolutely loads of people from both clubs on the pitch. This might get nasty. Home fans furious with referee Tierney. But, blimey. Liverpool weren't particularly good here, at all. And they've burgled a huge, huge win in the context of the title race. 

90th minute+9: GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!! Darwin Nunez!!!!!

Would you credit it?!?!?!?! They've stolen it at the last. The corner was half cleared, Tsimikas had a shot blocked. Forest couldn't get out, Mac Allister popped a delightful ball tot he far post and that wasn't a fair fight between WIlliams and Nunez. Absolute bedlam in the away end.

90th minute+9: Gomez cannily wins a corner off Toffolo. This is probably Liverpool's last chance. 

90th minute+7: Gomez got himself involved in some grappling there. Forest want a check. Their bench are furious. But like the Danns one earlier, that's probably not a penalty. Although that one was checked. I've not idea.

90th minute+6: Forest break. This is proper stuff. Gibbs-White, Van Dijk equal to it and blocks for a corner where Nuno's men will take their time.

90th minute+5: Holy hell, Murillo, what are you doing?! For reasons best known to himself, the Forest centre-back turns away from a left-wing corner and almost diverts it past Sels with the back of his head. Maybe the home goalie's best save of the match.

90th minute+3: Sels is the coolest man in the ground, pouching a low left-wing cross in his goalmouth. He punts forward, which seems hot-headed, bit Gibbs-White causes Konate some discomfort and Awoniyi has a shot deflected over. Tierney books Gibbs-White for time-wasting at the corner and Danilo for kicking the ball away after Forest concede a free-kick.

90th minute+1: Home skipper Ryan Yates is a popular recipient of the sponsor's player of the match award. He's got some work to get through yet, though.

90th minute: Sliding block to deny Nunez, anywhere will do for Forest. Eight minutes of stoppage time. Another Liverpool corner and Forest win a free-kick.

88th minute: Sels has just finished being seen to. Tough call for Forest here. Do you want a potentially injured goalkeeper and to throw a fresh one in Matt Turner into situation of this intensity?

85th minute: Danns goes careering into Sels. The Forest keeper looks groggy and needs some treatment. Danns is booked. Lively start to his cameo.

84th minute: Tsimikas and Danns come on for the corner and the latter is given something approaching a bear hug. There's a VAR check for a penalty but the ball was nowhere near the Liverpool teenager so nothing is given.

83rd minute: Everyone wants handball! Bradley knocked that down for Szoboszlai with his shoulder, though. The Hungary star then absolutely welted a shot into Hudson-Odoi's back. Corner.

81st minute: Hudson-Odoi shifts onto his right in the box for a shot. He doesn't get all of it though and Kelleher holds on at the near post. 

80th minute: Gibbs-White turns into strife inside Forest's half. Tierney penalises Mac Allister for a foul he really didn't need to make with Endo close by.

79th minute: Danilo replacing Dominguez who is limping very heavily and now has two members of the Forest medical staff helping him off. Hopefully that's not serious.

78th minute: Awoniyi tries to thread a pass for Gibbs-White. It doesn't quite come off, but Forest are starting to believe they can do this. Funnily enough, that might help Liverpool if they can keep cool heads.

76th minute: Diaz cuts inside and clatters one. It's wide, thumps into the advertising boards. Sels wasn't smelling that if it was on target. Szoboszlai comes on for Elliott, who punches the bench in frustration as he sits down. He's been pretty good.

75th minute: A scampering Elanga thinks he's sent Awoniyi through. But Konate harries back, shuts the door and then probably slams it on the Forest man's foot for good measure.

73rd minute: Liverpool busy and trying to crack the code. Elliott and Bradley swapping positions. Mac Allister aims a lovely chip towards Nunez. He glances fairly harmlessly wide but Klopp heartily applauds. He wants more of that purposeful possession.

70th minute: Nunez feeds Gakpo, who drives on and slaps into the side netting from an angle that was never doing him any favours. The Uruguay forward is ever so slightly annoyed he did not receive a return pass.

68th minute: Awoniyi into the box, trying to twist around Van Dijk but he cannot sort his feet out. The big No.9, who used to be on Liverpool's books and scored the winner in this game last year, has changed the feel of the game. The fact it's hosing it down with rain might also have done that.

66th minute: ALMOST 1-0 TO FOREST! Hudson-Odoi sizes up Bradley. "I was the bright young thing once, kid" and sends a cut pass to Awoniyi. The striker tees up Toffolo for a much better delivery this time and Elanga stuns a shot back across goal and just beyond the bottom corner.

64th minute: Off comes Origi to applause form all four ides of the ground. Awoniyi on to give Forest more of an attacking focal point. Should they get the ball for any significant period of time.

60th minute: Robertson goes flying into Williams. No malice and he's very apologetic but that's a yellow card. It'll be the Scotland international's last act as he makes way for Endo, with Gomez reverting left-back. Nunez is also on for Clark.

58th minute: Elliott, who's poked a prided at Forest throughout this half, spanks a shot that Yates blocks. That looked like it hit the home captain on the back but he stays down and we're having a pause for a head injury. Before the restart, Tierney has a word with Sels about time wasting. Which doesn't really seem to have been too much of a factor just yet. Another act to endear him to the locals.

55th minute: Gibbs-White bursts into the Liverpool box and goes down under a Van Dijk challenge. There's not much of an appeal for a penalty. Mainly because that wasn't a penalty so long as the Forest player has a hyphen in his name.

54th minute: There was a sense Forest had to make the most of that little flurry of pressure at the start of the half because they're being pulled this way and that now. Holding firm but if Liverpool keep this going fr much longer, you sense the opening goal might come.

50th minute: Should be 1-0 to Liverpool! Elliott finds the underlapping Bradley. Dominguez gets to the cross but can only tee up the shot for Robertson, who drills across goal and Omaobamidele deflects behind.

48th minute: At the other end Toffolo makes an important block on Bradley. Now Forest can break but twice balls looking for Elanga are cut out. Obviously they want to break quickly with the players they have, but that's meat and drink for Van Dijk and Nuno's men need to show a bit more craft.

47th minute: Yates fizzes a nice ball into Dominguez. He fids Toffolo, who overhits the cross. Forest keep the attack alive though and are still on the front foot.

46th minute: Another throaty blast of "Mull Of Kintyre" from the Forest faithful and Liverpool get us back underway. No changes for either side.

Halftime: Elanga holds his run, holds it but now runs out of pitch as the throughball goes out for a throw. There's definitely something there for Forest to exploit with their pace on the break but they've lacked precision. Diaz went closest for Liverpool but they've played in fits and starts, failing to muster a shot on target. You'd expect to see Nunez and Szoboszlai from the bench before too long if this continues.

45th minute: There will be one minute of stoppage time. Notable things have more or less stopped happening. You expect Nuno will be happy with that. Perhaps not you though, reader.

37th minute: That recent period of silliness has robbed Liverpool of the rhythm they were starting to build up and they're now playing the game on Forest's terms, which Klopp will want to nip in the bud. Throughball from Hudson-Odoi and no need for a late flag this time. Elanga was halfway to Meadow Lane.

32nd minute: Gomez tries to play a one-two with Robertson but ends up being late on Dominguez. This seems to have spun entirely out of Tierney's control and wouldn't have if he'd just given the first fairly obvious foul. Not as obvious as all the ones that have followed it, admittedly. Elanga is offside from the free-kick, in the latest example of no one really engaging their brain too much over the past couple of minutes.

31st minute: Toffolo sees how far Tierney is willing to let things go. Not that far, as he boots Bradley up in the air. All getting a but silly.

30th minute: Diaz fashions some space then darts onto a return ball. That's lovely play but his finish is lacking as he drags out for a throw. The locals let Tierney know that they think Gibbs-White probably might have been fouled.

29th minute: Coo as you like from Van Dijk, who heads back to Kelleher under pressure on the edge of his six yard box. A contrasting approach from the other Liverpool centre-back as Konate clatters through Gibbs-White. Paul Tierney waves play-on.

27th minute: Better chance for Clark here as he gets on the end of an inviting cutback.Omobamidele makes the block then a combination of his central defensive colleague Murillo and Sels hurl themselves at Diaz to prevent the Colombia international from doing anything meaningful with the rebound. it's heroic stuff, but feels like Forest are living a little bit on their wits here.

24th minute: Klopp definitely though that was offside. He's in prolonged conversation with the fourth official. Rules are rules, Jurgen. The visitors go up the other end and Clark thrashes over from outside the box.

23rd minute: Elanga clean through. Is he offside? Surely he has to put it in the net. No! Kelleher saves a fairly tame effort with his leg. No offside. Wowzers.

20th minute: A touch of confusion in the Forest box as Robertson whips in a devilish ball. Sels looks poised to collect it but Murillo smashes it away from his hands. A short goal kick then gets the hosts into trouble abd Sels puts a clearance into orbit.

18th minute: Diaz fizzed a shot from the edge of the box that's deflected into the side-netting. The ripple convinced a few Liverpool fans at the other end of the stadium that it was a goal. Much mirth ensues and the corner comes to nought.

15th minute: Oh, hang on. He's lulling them into a false sense of security. Origi drives towards goal and lets fly from 25 yards. The ball flashes just past Kelleher's left-hand post and it was travelling. I'm not sure the Liverpool goalkeeper would have got anywhere near that had it been on target.

7th minute: Origi take a touch and plonks a simple five-yard pass out of play. That'll learn 'em.

6th minute: Yates shoves Clark over. Very much a "welcome to the big football, youngster" challenge. But it's a daft one as Liverpool have a free-kick in a half-decent position. Robertson's ball in his cleared. He has another go and the offside flag goes up.

4th minute: Nice, sustained period of Liverpool pressure. Gakpo is crowded out on the end of the box and Elanga has a chance to break. He doesn't especially make the most of it.

2nd minute: Liverpool get the corner away but Van Dijk has taken a clout on the head going up for a header with Yates. Looks like he's fine. Tis' but a scratch.

1st minute: We're off and Forest are straight on the attack. Origi runs the channel and wins a corner off his old buddy Van Dijk.

4 mins before kickoff: Here come the teams to the strains of "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns 'N' Roses, the old ringwalk song of one of Nottingham's favourite sons Carl Froch. The Premier League anthem is not a seamless mix to drop after that. My thoughts with the stadium DJ. Regardless, the atmosphere is lively as you'd expect.

15 mins before kickoff: The warms-ups are finished and the teams are making their final preparations. It feels like a big day for Caoimhin Kelleher. The Irishman has been a reliable deputy for Alisson but Klopp's admission that the Brazil international's hamstring injury is "rather serious" and that he faces a significant period on the sidelines changes the equation. If Liverpool are to win the Premier League this season, Kelleher knows he will have to be a huge part of it. 

40 mins before kickoff: Origi enjoys genuine cult status at Liverpool. He is intertwined with some of the most memorable moments of the Klopp era — a last-gasp derby winner against Everton in front of the Kop, the magical comeback against Barcelona and a Champions League-sealing goal in the 2019 final against Tottenham. His time at Forest has been miserable so far. An assist in the 4-2 defeat to Aston Villa last time out was Origi's first goal involvement in 12 Premier League outings for the club. Today will be just his third top-flight start. You could say the next narrative flourish of the title race is already deliciously mapped out.

55 mins before kickoff: And this is how Forest line up, with former Liverpool supersub Divock Origi starting against his former club.

Your Reds to face @LFC ❤️

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) March 2, 2024

1 hour before kickoff: The teams are in. Endo, Nunez and Szoboszlai all back in the Liverpool matchday squad but all on the bench. Youngsters Clark and Bradley start once more.

Team news is in ???? #NFOLIV

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 2, 2024

1 hr 20 mins before kickoff: Before Forest fans get too carried away about having the weight of history on their side, Nuno Espirito Santo has faced Liverpool six times in his Premier League career and lost every time. So there'll be a streak ended and a streak continued today, one way or the other. Also, expect goals. Forest have scored in each of Nuno's nine Premier League games at the helm but have not kept a clean sheet since Steve Cooper's departure.

1 hr 40 mins before kickoff: Liverpool with a trophy for safekeeping already, on form and on a mission on Klopp's farewell tour, and with the title in their nostrils. Straightforward away win then? Well, perhaps, but strange things happen in this fixture on this ground. Remarkably, you have to go back to 1984 for the last time Liverpool claimed three points at the City Ground. In the 13 league meetings since then, they have drawn seven and lost six. In last season's corresponding match-up, Taiwo Awoniyi scored the only goal to sink his former employers.

2 hours before kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of Nottingham Forest vs. Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp's team are aiming to go four points clear at the top of the Premier League but still have a weighty injury list to contend with.

Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai may be available for #NFOLIV, but Mohamed Salah will not return from injury at the City Ground:

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 1, 2024

Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool kick off time

This Premier League clash takes place at the City Ground in Nottingham, UK and kicks off on Saturday, March 2 at 3:00 p.m. local time.

Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories:

	Date	Kickoff time
USA	Sat, Mar. 2	10:00 a.m. ET
Canada	Sat, Mar. 2	10:00 p.m. ET
UK	Sat, Mar. 2	3:00 p.m. GMT
Australia	Sun, Mar. 3	2:00 a.m. AEDT
India	Sat, Mar. 2	8:30 p.m. IST

Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool  lineups, team news

Nuno is still without four players through injury with Ola Aina and Willy Boly among those absent for the home side following their Africa Cup of Nations returns. Ibrahim Sangare returns to the bench

Divock Origi starts against his former club.

Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1, right to left): Sels (GK) — Williams, Omobamidele, Murillo, Toffolo — Yates, Dominguez — Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi — Origi.

Nottingham Forest subs (9): Turner (GK), Sangare, Kouyate, Awoniyi, Felipe, Niakhate, Danilo, Ribeiro, Gardner.

Klopp still has a host of players on the sidelines including Diogo Jota, Alisson and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The reason for Klopp naming so many young players against Southampton was to protect returning stars. Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai resumed training on Thursday and Andy Robertson is back following a sickness bug. However, Mohamed Salah (hamstring) remains absent.

Liverpool (4-3-3 right to left): Kelleher (GK) — Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson — Mac Allister, Gomez, Clark — Elliott, Gakpo, Diaz.

Liverpool subs (9): Adrian (GK), Endo, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Tsimikas, McConnell, Koumas, Danns, Quansah.

Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool live stream, TV channel

Here's how to watch this Premier League match across selected areas of the world's major regions:

Region	TV	Streaming
USA	—	Peacock
Canada	—	Fubo Canada
UK	—	—
Australia	—	Optus Sport
India	—	JioTV, Hotstar

USA: This game is available on the Peacock Network.

Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live-streaming exclusively via Fubo.

Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on-demand on Optus Sport.

UK: This game is not available via live broadcast due to the Saturday 3 p.m. embargo. BBC Radio 5 Live will provide radio commentary.