At 02:00 on March 21st, Beijing time, the 2021-2022 English FA Cup quarter-finals continued. Liverpool visited the West Bridgeford Municipal Stadium with a 1-0 victory over the British Championship team Nottingham Forest and advanced to the FA Cup semi-final opponent is Manchester City. The only goal of the game came in the 78th minute, when Tsimikas crossed the ball and assisted Jota to score. Liverpool won seven consecutive away victories, creating the best record in this data in the past 34 years.
The two clubs have faced each other 115 times in the history, and Liverpool have the upper hand with 56 wins, 29 draws and 30 losses. In the past 9 games, Nottingham Forest has only lost 1. This loss dates back to March 1992, when the league lost 0-1 away. Since then, the Red Army has won 2 wins and 2 draws in 4 games. In the FA Cup, Liverpool had 9 games against Nottingham Forest, and achieved 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Except for the first encounter and loss, the Red Army advanced in the next 6 encounters. It should be pointed out that at Nottingham Forest’s home court, Liverpool only scored 7 draws and 5 losses in the last 12 away games. The last time they won was back in October 1984, when the league won 2-0 away from home. In the middle of the week, both teams played a game, Nottingham Forest beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1 at home in the Championship, and Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-0 away in the Premier League.
In this game, Nottingham Forest forwards Graban, Max Lowe and Cook were absent due to injuries. The Red Army’s rumored target Spence started the game, and Davis served as the single arrow. For Liverpool, Arnold, Salah and Mane were rested. , Van Dijk started wearing the captain’s armband, and Jota, Firmino and Elliott formed a striker trident.
In the 7th minute, Gomez made a cross, and Chamberlain’s shot from the right edge of the penalty area was blocked by the defender. In the 10th minute, Jota fell entangled with the defensive player in the penalty area, and the referee did not say anything. In the 14th minute, Firmino made the ball with his heel, and Tsimikas volleyed from the left side of the top of the penalty area slightly above the crossbar. Subsequently, Nottingham Forest completed a quick attack and formed a threat. Hinkle Nagel crossed, and Yates shot from the top of the penalty area and was blocked by the defender.
In the 15th minute, Nottingham Forest made a pass from the left corner and was cleared by the defender. Ghana shot from the top of the penalty area over the crossbar. In the 17th minute, Jota made an inverted triangle pass from the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, and Gomez’s volley from the top of the penalty area was confiscated by Horvat. In the 19th minute, Chamberlain took a low corner kick from the right, and Fabinho shot from the right from the penalty spot and missed the left post. In the 22nd minute, Hinkle Nagel passed the ball, and Lore shot a low shot from the right side of the top of the penalty area and missed the near post. In the 28th minute, Nottingham Forest made a mistake in passing the ball in the frontcourt. Chamberlain made the ball. Firmino got a single-handed opportunity. The right rib of the penalty area faced Horvat and was saved. Then the Brazilian forward made a header and was resolved by Horvat. , Liverpool missed the scoring opportunity.
In the 29th minute, after Tsimikas got the ball in the frontcourt, the left side of the top of the penalty area shot above the crossbar. In the 43rd minute, Tsimikas made a pass from the top of the arc from the top of the penalty area, Elliott made the ball from the back, and Gomez shot from the right rib of the penalty area over the crossbar.
At the end of the first half, Liverpool away 0-0 Nottingham Forest entered halftime.
Change sides in the second half. In the 49th minute, Konat passed back, and Alisson was cut off by the defender when he kicked the ball forward. The Liverpool goalkeeper then made up for the failure to resolve the Nottingham Forest offensive. In the 53rd minute, Keita scored the ball in the middle, and Jota’s left rib shot from the penalty area was confiscated by Horvat. In the 54th minute, Keita made the ball, and Chamberlain shot before the penalty point and was confiscated by Horvat after hitting the defender. In 59 minutes, Elliott made a pass from the right side of the penalty area and was cleared by the defender. Gomez’s right rib in the penalty area was confiscated by Horvat. In the 60th minute, Gomez violated Johnson and received a yellow card.
In the 64th minute, Liverpool replaced four players and replaced Fabinho, Keita, Elliott and Chamberlain with Thiago, Henderson, Takumi Minamino and Dias respectively. Nottingham Forest used Cafu Replace Lore. In the 71st minute, Takumi Minano’s shot from the right rib of the penalty area was blocked by the defender. In the 76th minute, Johnson made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Hinkle Nagel single-handedly faced Alisson in front of the small penalty area and shot off the right post. Liverpool escaped. In the 77th minute, Nottingham Forest replaced Davies and Hinkle Nagel with Serridge and Michten respectively.
In the 78th minute, Liverpool broke the deadlock, Tsimikas made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Ruota shoveled and scored, 1-0! VAR then intervened and the goal was deemed valid. Jota scored consecutive goals, which was his 19th goal in all competitions this season, setting a career single-season scoring record.
In the 86th minute, when Alisson made a side attack, Yates fell on the Liverpool goalkeeper. Nottingham Forest asked for a penalty, and then VAR intervened and determined that the penalty was not valid. In the 89th minute, Johnson made a pass from the right side of the penalty area, and Yates headed the goal and was confiscated by Allison. In the first minute of stoppage time, Nottingham Forest replaced Kolbak with Silva. In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Figueiredo made a long pass behind him, and Cafu stopped the ball on the right chest in the small penalty area and shot over the crossbar. In the 6th minute of stoppage time, Takumi Minano scored the ball and Jota shot over the bar from the right rib of the penalty area.
In the end, with Jota’s goal, Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 away and advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals.
List of teams from both sides:
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): 1-Hawat/2-Spence, 4-Worrell, 3-Figueiredo, 8-Korbach (19-Silva 90′)/ 22-Yates, 37-Ghana/20-Johnson, 11-Sinkel Nagel (17-Michten 77′), 23-Lore (18-Cafu 65′)/9-Davis ( 16 – Thirridge 77′)
Liverpool (4-3-3): 1- Alisson / 12- Gomes, 5- Konat, 4- Van Dijk, 21- Zimikas / 3- Fabinho (6- Thiago) 64′), 15-Chamberlain (23-Dias 64′), 8-Keita (14-Henderson 64′)/20-Jota, 9-Firmino, 67-Elliott ( 18 – Takumi Minami 64′)
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