Nottingham Forest shock Liverpool to end Arne Slot honeymoon with famous win

The result always frustrates the most and we couldn’t be happy with the way the game went. It was a stop-start game and we couldn’t find the rhythm.

Losing a game at home in front of our supporters is the most frustrating thing for us. We didn’t deserve to lose but sometimes football is like that. We give a half chance and they score and then we had to run against time. In the second half with their changes we didn’t adapt quickly enough.

We conceded three counter attacks and didn’t defend better. We have to be more aggressive. Hudson-Odoi had too much time to dribble, too much space. We have to be better.

Before we conceded the opal we gave three counter-attacks and in a game like this it’s dangerous. You have to be more careful

We didn’t manage to play better when we made the subs with the ball. We didn’t create many clear chances and also because they defended really well.

A little bit of poor football for us today and we have to improve if we are to beat AC Milan.

The players did well. They worked hard. Liverpool had us on the ropes but we stayed in it. We stayed in the game. Defensively we were very good.

I thought Liverpool were boring. They’ve got to move it more quickly. They just run through the phases. It seems to me that their thinking is ‘we don’t lose’ before ‘we must win’.

Two goals from JP Mateta, the second a stoppage-time penalty, helped Crystal Palace come back from 2-0 down to deny Leicester a first win of the season.

The Foxes raced into a 2-0 lead thanks to goals in either half from Jamie Vardy and Stephy Mavididi and were the better side for much of the game.

However, a VAR decision to overrule assistant referee Marc Perry’s offside decision, which looked correct, against Mateta allowed Palace back into the game almost immediately.

But they never really looked like scoring until veteran defender Conor Coady’s clumsy challenge in the box on Ismaila Sarr was punished by Mateta’s well-struck spot-kick

Well, that was one of the most one-sided draws you’ll ever see, but Kieran McKenna won’t care. A first away point for the Tractor Boys and more home struggles against defensive teams for Brighton.

Danny Ings. All he does is score and he has. Whether West Ham deserve to be level is immaterial. Bowen’s pull-back with a minute of injury-time left, Ings on the swivel, his shot too fierce for Bernd Leno to keep out. All over 1-1.

The Fulham fans were right to be jittery. Their side failed to press home their superiority.

Just as it looked as if Leicester were going to hold on for a much-needed win, Conor Coady makes a tackle he didn’t need to make in stoppage time and down goes Ismaila Sarr in the box. Mateta buries the ball into the bottom-right corner and it’s all-square at Selhurst Park.

Into the final 10 minutes at Selhurst Park and Leicester sub Abdul Fatawu tries to emulate David Beckham’s famous goal here 28 years ago with an audacious attempt from the halfway that mildly troubles Dean Henderson before drifting wide.

Jordan Ayew is given a lovely reception from the home fans as he walks around the pitch after being replaced by Conor Coady as Leicester look to hold on for the win.

Eddie Nketiah, who has been largely anonymous on his Palace debut following a £30 million move from Arsenal, goes so close to levelling the scores with a well-struck shot that is millimetres wide. But Leicester have looked largely comfortable in the second half. Debutant Maxence Lacroix makes a vital tackle inside his own box to nip the ball off the toes of Oliver Skipp.

Palace fans trying desperately to rouse their team as the Leicester fans, evidently nervous in the Arthur Waite Stand, give a big ovation to Mavididi as he is replaced by Abdul Fatawu

15 minutes left. West Ham asking more questions, but Fulham are not looking unduly stressed. However, their creative spark seems mostly reliant on Traore’s speed now and the home fans are sitting less comfortably than before.

Forest’s confidence was growing and Liverpool were risking more in pursuit of a winner. Nuno’s game plan has been executed perfectly as his sub Hudson-Odoi scores the first goal against a Slot-managed Liverpool side. They’ll fancy they can hold on. Forest keeper Sels has had little to do.

Slot had to act and he has. A triple substitution brings on Nunez, Gakpo and Conor Bradley. Alexander-Arnold has moved into midfield for the final 30 minutes. Slot may be regretting not resting some of his internationals at the start.

That was nearly the breakaway sucker-punch goal that Brighton must have feared as Liam Delap picked up the ball in his own half, outpaced Jan Paul van Hecke and slammed the ball past Bart Verbruggen – but off the far post.

With much of the ground returning to their seat following a halftime pie or a pint, Leicester go two-up when Mavididi fires home from close range after Nathanial Clyne makes a complete hash of clearing James Justin’s cross.

But almost immediately Palace pull one back when JP Mateta side-foots home a Tyrick Mitchell cross but the flag instantly goes up for offside, which looks very much the correct decision with the Frenchman looking two yards offside. However, after a three-minute VAR check the goal is given. Will be interesting to see what reason PGMOL gives for the goal being given.

Two half-time substitutions for West Ham. Needed, too. Paqueta and Summerville on for Soucek and Antonio. It means Bowen will play the main striker role. It still needs the rest of the team to feed the forwards, though.

Marc Guehi is having what the beard-stroking analytic types refer to as a ‘stinker’. Leicester should be 2-0 up after the England centre-back is robbed of the ball by the evergreen Vardy who tees up Stephy Mavididi inside the box, but the former Arsenal man shoots wastefully over the bar with just Henderson to beat.

On the stroke of halftime, Ayew does what he has made a living from for many years now, by winning a free-kick on the edge of the Palace box amid howls of derision from the frustrated Palace fans, who boo their team off at the half-time whistle.

Leicester more than worthy of their lead at the break thanks to Vardy’s 20th-minute goal in what would be a huge first win for Foxes boss Steve Cooper.

A classic spoiling performance from Forest for 45 minutes, creating a gloriously dull game from their perspective, full of stoppages, tactical fouls and counting down the clock. Problems to solve for Slot at the break. His side has shown none of the pre-international break sharpness so far.

Fulham full of fluency, speed of thought and body. Always prepared to exchange positions and to ask questions of defenders. Who should I mark? Should I go with him or drop off? Their only fault is not taking a shot more often when they could.

By comparison, West Ham are ponderous and inflexible. Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus look dangerous but by the time the ball gets to them, they have two men facing them.

Palace could and should be on level terms after an outrageous piece of skill from Eberechi Eze. The England man’s cushioned touch inside the box bamboozles both Wout Faes and James Justin, but his side-footed volley curls narrowly wide with Leicester keeper Mads Hermansen well beaten.

Leicester have looked less of an attacking threat since taking the lead with Palace very much on the front foot, but the home fans are beginning to get restless as they push for an equaliser.

Relief for Matz Sels as he drops a tame Diaz header and manages to grab it just before it crossed the goal line. Liverpool building momentum before half-time but Nuno will be elated with Forest’s defensive performance.

Very little goalmouth action so far, apart from a shot from Brighton’s Carlos baleba that sent Arijanet Muric full length to his left. Ipswich have put in some, er, meaty challenges and skipper Sam Morsy has picked up a yellow card, but they will be happy to have kept Brighton playing their pretty football well outside their penalty area.

Brentford will be wondering how they’re behind in this game but take nothing away from Haaland – the man is a phenomenon. It’s was route one for City’s second – Ederson spearing a fine long ball towards Haaland, who stood his ground and watched Pinnock bounce off him. That was the muscle part of proceedings. Then came the style and grace, the striker dinking the ball over the advancing Mark Flekken as he surged to goal. It’s 99 goals in 103 games for City now and takes his tally to nine in the opening four Premier League games – outstripping the previous record of eight set by Wayne Rooney in 2011/12.

Arne Slot is wearing tapered trousers and no socks. That should be a criminal offence for anyone aged over 30.

Yes, it’s a quiet game.

Fulham capitalise on their dominance. Their movement up front is too hot for the West Ham defence. Emile Smith-Rowe beat the offside flag, Raul Jimenez sprinted in front of Konstantinos Mavropanos to meet the pull-back 1-0 Fulham. Deserved. The Fulham fans have forgotten about the penalty shout now.

Howls for a Fulham penalty. Asama Traore has an incredible upper body strength, yet he fell over easily under a lean of the arm from Max Kilman as he raced into the area. Referee Tim Robinson said no. He stopped play to go over to the touchline, but it was to book Fulham manager Marco Silva, not look at the VAR screen.

Alexis Mac Allister feels like he is being targeted by Forest. He’s been kicked three times so far. Nuno may feel his passing is what makes Liverpool tick. Not much has clicked at Anfield in first 15 minutes.

The early lack of action seemed to send Forest’s Ryan Yates into a slumber. His lapse almost let in Diaz for the opener, the Colombian hitting the post. Now Anfield is a bit more awake.

Vardy rolls back the years yet again to put Leicester deservedly ahead with his second goal of the season. Ndidi, who has been outstanding in the opening 20 minutes, robs the  ball from Adam Wharton in midfield and plays a perfect pass into the path of Vardy. The 37-year-old forward takes the ball wide and rolls it into the bottom left corner via the body of Dean Henderson. Then, just because he can, he celebrates in front of the Palace fans.

It was a very muted celebration from Haaland. It’s been a tough week for the Norway striker and his family following the death of his dad Alfie’s best man Ivar Eggja, whom Haaland had come to regard like an uncle. It’s customary for a beaming Haaland to revel in these moments but in this case he just stuck an arm in the arm and ran back towards the centre-circle, head bowed.

Leicester, like Palace are searching for their first win of the season, have looked the brighter side in the opening 20 minutes.

Wilfred Ndidi has been lively on the left flank for the Foxes and his deep cross almost finds James Justin in the six-yard box with Dean Henderson denying the full-back from close range.

Jordan Ayew then pops up in a similar position from another Ndidi centre, but is unable to get his shot away.

Ten minutes in and City are in total disarray – words you don’t associate with them. It’s all Brentford and City’s players are like rabbits in headlights. Rodri is only fit enough to start on the bench – and without their compass in the middle City look totally disorientated. Brentford have been superb. Should be more than 1-0 up.

As the players took to the field, the Palace fans unfurled an enormous banner, in the Holmesdale Road Stand, to mark 100 years since the club played their first fixture at Selhurst Park. Some cruel folk will claim the stadium hasn’t changed much in that time, but it is without doubt one of the most atmospheric grounds in the Premier League.

Premier League on a Travelcard. West Ham fans continue their London tour of away grounds with a trip to Fulham. After visiting Crystal Palace last month and today’s fixture, West Ham’s next two Premier League away games are at Tottenham and Brentford. In fact, their first away league game out of London will be at Nottingham Forest on November 2.

If West Ham ever wanted to diversify into producing club-related board games, they have a line-up at Craven Cottage that would suit the requirements of Scrabble with the names of their 20-man squad covering all 26 letters in the alphabet. To complete their set, Fulham would need to recruit players whose names contain F, Q, V and X .

Palace hand debuts to deadline day signings Maxence Lacroix and Eddie Nketiah with Jordan Ayew, who left Selhurst Park less than a month ago making a swift return to the club he served for six years in the colours of Leicester. Ayew’s name was warmly applauded by the home fans when the teams were announced half-hour before kick-off.

Cheick Doucoure returns to the heart of the Palace midfield for the first time since rupturing his ACL against Luton nine months ago.