Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk reflected on a "very bad" atmosphere after his side's 3-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest.

Following a bright start at Anfield by Arne Slot's side, Forest scored a controversial set-piece goal against the run of play, where Dan Ndoye was adjudged not to be interfering with Alisson's line of sight as Murillo struck the opener. The visitors had a second goal disallowed for handball minutes later.

Things went from bad to worse 39 seconds after the restart when Nicolo Savona doubled Forest's lead and Morgan Gibbs-White's thumping late finish left Liverpool to slump to their second consecutive defeat by a three-goal margin in as many weeks and left them in the bottom half of the table.

"It's a very difficult situation at the moment," said Van Dijk. "We con

See Full Page