| Metric | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 69% | 31% |
| Shots | 10 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 3 |
| Shots off target | 3 | 2 |
| Corners | 3 | 5 |
| Fouls | 12 | 10 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 3 | 0 |
| Goalkeeper saves | 1 | 2 |
Forest struck first midway through the opening half when Ndoye finished at 23'38'' after good work from Gibbs-White. Liverpool thought they had a route back before the break, only for a home goal to be cancelled after VAR at 33'47''. Forest also picked up the first booking when Igor Jesus was shown a yellow card at 43'36'', and the visitors took that lead into halftime.
The second half stayed busy. Ola Aina went into the book at 49'59'', while Victor Munoz and Florian Wirtz were cautioned for Liverpool before the hour. Isak then brought Liverpool level at 59'15'', but Forest answered again when Gibbs-White converted from the spot at 69'42''.
Liverpool reacted with changes, sending on Rio Ngumoha, Kostas Tsimikas and Ryan Gravenberch in a triple switch before Ronald Araujo and Treymaurice Nyoni also entered. Alisson and Araujo were later booked, but the home side still found their equaliser when Munoz scored at 81'19'' from Wirtz's pass. Forest introduced Luca Netz, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Nicolas Dominguez late on, yet the score held. The result leaves Liverpool on two points from two league matches and Nottingham Forest on one, with the stats underlining how even the contest became.