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Arne Slot believes Nottingham Forest are within the Premier League title race and is anticipating one other stiff take a look at when he takes Liverpool to the Metropolis Floor tomorrow night time.
Forest have defied pre-season predictions of a relegation battle with a beautiful run of type which sees them sitting third within the desk – six factors behind table-topping Liverpool having performed a sport extra.
They’ve received six league video games on the spin and a seventh would see them edge nearer to the Merseysiders.
Slot stated: “I’ve at all times stated you possibly can decide the desk finest midway via the season. That second is there now. If Forest are up there with us, Arsenal and Chelsea then they’re positively a crew in competitors with us and the others.
“In the event you have a look at the way in which they play and their outcomes then it’s deserved. It’s going to be a really troublesome problem for us to get a outcome.”
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Anfield defeat not a lot of a shock – Slot
Forest maintain the excellence of being the one crew to have overwhelmed Liverpool within the league this season having triumphed 1-0 at Anfield in September.
“They’ve already confirmed on reflection how good of a crew they’re,” he added. “When Liverpool lose a house sport it’s one thing you don’t count on. For us to lose on that day was exhausting to take. Now, trying again and seeing the place they’re within the league, it isn’t such a shock outcome as I assumed it was again then.
“They’d an excellent sport plan and I count on their wingers, who’ve performed so nicely, to be of their beginning XI tomorrow.”
Having given sport time to among the membership’s fringe gamers within the weekend’s FA Cup win over Accrington Stanley, Slot will recall the large weapons for the conflict with Forest.
Defender Joe Gomez stays sidelined via damage, nevertheless, whereas striker Darwin Nunez is suspended.
Reward for Nuno
Liverpool can count on to have the majority of possession tomorrow night time with Nuno Espirito Santo setting Forest up for the counter-attack, a method that has reaped its rewards this season.
Slot stated: “They’ve a hard-working crew with out the ball and so they may maintain the ball. Chris Wooden is an excellent instance of that.
“They’ve scored and been a menace by counter-attacks quite a bit, however additionally they have high quality after they wish to play with the ball.
“Nuno has performed an excellent job at implementing a method of play that fits the gamers.
“They’re a crew that hardly concede objectives. They don’t take many dangers of their build-up play so after they lose the ball they’ve many gamers behind the ball and so they defend with 11 gamers.”
