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2024/25 English Premier League
Matchday 4
Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
Anfield
Liverpool, England
Saturday, 14 September 2024
Kick-off is at 16h00
Joint-
Premier League leaders Liverpool will be aiming to maintain their perfect start under Arne Slot when Nottingham Forest visit Anfield on Saturday, September 14.
Only the Reds have managed to keep pace with Manchester City after three games following their convincing 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford prior to the international break on September 1.
Slot's side are second in the table on goals scored behind City, two points clear of Brighton (3rd), Arsenal (4th) and Newcastle (5th), who are all on seven points each.
It was their third clean sheet of the new season after the Merseysiders recorded successive 2-0 victories against Ipswich and Brentford last month.
Forest have also made an unbeaten start to the campaign and a 1-1 draw with Wolves at the City Ground on August 31 lifted them up to ninth place behind Bournemouth on goals scored.
All the teams below them have suffered at least one defeat and the Tricky Trees are just one point off Aston Villa (7th) and Brentford (5th), who have both registered two wins and one loss.
Slot labelled three wins from three for Liverpool as a "good start", but insists there is more to come as the players continue to take his philosophy on board.
"Three games played, the first two with Ipswich and Brentford were difficult opponents, let that be clear, but I said before I am not expecting them to end up in the top nine," the Dutchman said.
"Today we played with United a very good team with a lot of quality, so it impressed me that we could keep a clean sheet, although today we also needed our goalkeeper in two moments. A good start, let that be clear, but still a lot to prove."
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Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo believes they will only get better as the season progresses after seeing some positive aspects in their performance against his former employers.
"We had moments where we could have done better today but we looked solid, which is a positive," the Portuguese said. "I believe that as time goes by we will start to gel better and decide the final touch much better and much sooner.
"There are moments where we could have done it faster. Overall, I'm disappointed. In the second half, we went for three points and we got one, so we are frustrated."
Head-to-Head (Last Five Premier League Meetings)
Matches - 5
Liverpool wins - 3
Forest wins - 1
Draws - 1
Premier League Matchday 4 fixtures:
Saturday, September 14
13h30: Southampton v Manchester United
16h00: Brighton & Hove Albion v Ipswich Town
16h00: Crystal Palace v Leicester City
16h00: Fulham v West Ham United
16h00: Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
16h00: Manchester City v Brentford
18h30: Aston Villa v Everton
21h00: Bournemouth v Chelsea
Sunday, September 15
14h30: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
14h30: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United
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