Liverpool boss Arne Slot has admitted that the Reds face a difficult challenge playing against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in Tuesday’s Premier League clash.
Recall that Forest are the only team to have defeated Liverpool at Anfield this season.
Liverpool are six points clear of Arsenal and third-placed Nottingham Forest, who are level on points with the Gunners but one spot behind on goal difference.
However, in a chat with the club’s website, Slot said Nottingham Forest are “definitely a team in competition with us” for the Premier League title.
“I have always said you can judge the table best halfway through the season. They are up there with the rest so they are definitely a team in competition with us and the others.
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“If you look at the way they play and their results then it is deserved. It is going to be a very difficult challenge for us to get a result.
“They have already showed in retrospect how good of a team they are. When Liverpool lose a home game it’s something you don’t expect. For us to lose on that day was hard to take. Now, looking back and seeing where they are in the league, it is not such a shock result as it felt then.
“They had a good game plan and I expect their wingers, who have done so well, to be in their starting XI tomorrow.
“They have a hard-working team without the ball and they can also hold the ball. Chris Wood is a very good example of that.
“They have scored and been a threat by counter-attacks a lot, but they also have quality when they want to play with the ball.
“Nuno has done a great job at implementing a style of play that suits the players.
“They are a team that hardly concede goals. They don’t take many risks in their build-up play so when they lose the ball they have many players behind the ball and they defend with 11 players.”
