Taiwo Awoniyi's goal sink Liverpool

Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has taken his pound of flesh on Liverpool for his unfulfilled Premier League dream at the Anfield Stadium.

Awoniyi scored the only goal of the afternoon as Nottingham Forest grabbed a massive 1-0 victory over Liverpool on Saturday afternoon at the City Ground.

The Nigeria international was on Liverpool's books for 6 years between 2015 and 2021, never making an appearance for the Reds, instead going on loan on seven separate occasions.

At the first opportunity to face his former club, Awoniyi got the nod of Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper to start against the Reds in the Premier League's early kick-off on Saturday.

Awoniyi was flanked by former Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard and ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Morgan Gibbs-White while on-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson was in goal again.

Liverpool dominated the opening exchanges as well as all of the first half, gobbling up 74% possession away at the City Ground.

Nottingham Forest's game plan was to catch Liverpool on the counter-attack and they did that well, having more shots on target three (3) than Liverpool's two (2) in the first half.

It was the same tactic that gave Nottingham Forest the lead in the 55th minute with a break from Cooper's side ending up in Liverpool's box where Awoniyi had two takes before putting the ball past Allison in the Liverpool goal.