Diogo Jota’s instant impact from the bench ensured Premier League leaders Liverpool kept Nottingham Forest at arm’s length after a 1-1 draw at the City Ground.
All the noise before the match was about how a win for Forest would see them move within three points of Arne Slot’s side and solidify their status as surprise title challengers.
And for a long time it looked like that would happen as they led inside the opening 10 minutes through Chris Wood’s 13th goal of the season.
But Jota was introduced in the 66th minute and 22 seconds later he nodded his side level from a corner which fellow substitute Kostas Tsimikas set up.
Liverpool then came up against a one-man barrier in the shape of Forest…