Arne Slot calls Liverpool's Nottingham win 'worst we've played'

Liverpool manager Arne Slot pulled no punches after his side snatched a dramatic 1-0 victory at Nottingham Forest, admitting the team delivered their poorest showing of the season. Alexis Mac Allister’s 97th-minute goal clinched the win, but former Reds captain Jamie Carragher described the display as a "horror show." The Reds were stagnant in the opening 45 minutes, failing to record a single shot on target and managing just three touches in the opposition box before the interval.

Slot said he told the players at half-time that "it was the worst first half that we’ve played," and pointed out that, despite Forest having midweek action in Turkey, Liverpool looked like the side struggling for fitness and ideas. The game reached a boil late on when Mac Allister thought he had scored in the 89th minute, only for VAR to intervene after Stefan Ortega saved Hugo Ekitike's header and the ball ricocheted off the Argentine into the net and was ruled out for handball.

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