Liverpool arrive at the City Ground with a familiar mixture of optimism and anxiety, the sort that follows a club chasing Europe yet wrestling with the relentlessness of an English winter. Arne Slot’s side, chasing Champions League football in his first Premier League season in charge, know there is little margin for error. Nottingham Forest, under Vítor Pereira, already embarrassed Liverpool at Anfield earlier in the campaign, and this return fixture feels less like routine league fare and more like an examination of Liverpool’s resilience.
Slot confirmed that Jeremie Frimpong will miss the trip after a groin injury suffered in Europe, saying, “Jeremie will not be involved this week, we hope he will be involved next…