Forest were set to win at Anfield for the third consecutive season as Dan Ndoye and Morgan Gibbs-White’s penalty twice put the visitors in front on Saturday.
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Liverpool will hope to have Bradley Barcola to unleash by the time they are next in action at Ipswich on Friday.
Iraola said he was hoping for a special day to mark his first match in charge at the club’s iconic home, but instead got a reminder of why he was given the chance to replace the sacked Arne Slot.
The Dutchman led Liverpool to a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title in the 2024/25 campaign, but was dismissed after finishing fifth last season.
And Liverpool remain brittle at the back, as a Forest side that failed to score in their opening two games under Oliver Glasner created an abundance of chances.
Jeremy Jacquet had to produce a brilliant last-ditch block to deny Igor Jesus, and Ndoye headed narrowly wide before Forest took the lead on 24 minutes.
Liverpool were a shambles at the back as a long punt forward saw Jesus bear down on goal and even after he was dispossessed, Gibbs-White teed up Ndoye to find the far corner.
In keeping with his Liverpool career to date, Wirtz showed flashes of brilliance without stamping his authority on the game.
The German playmaker was denied an equaliser when his goal was ruled out for offside against Jeremie Frimpong in the build-up.
At the other end, a vital save from Alisson denied Ndoye a second in first-half stoppage time.
Barcola’s impending arrival could spell the end of Cody Gakpo’s time at Anfield, with Tottenham and Manchester City interested in the Dutch international.
But Gakpo has been Liverpool’s most effective forward in the opening two games of the season.
His inch-perfect cross left Isak with a simple task of tapping home for the equaliser on the hour mark.
Yet just as the home side were beginning to build momentum, they were struck by a sucker punch.
Forest’s new signing Liam Delap’s quickly taken throw-in caught the Liverpool defence sleeping, and Neco Williams was wiped out by Alisson as the goalkeeper raced off his line.
Gibbs-White coolly sent the Brazilian number one the wrong way from the penalty spot to restore Forest’s lead.
Iraola emptied his bench to find a response, and the decision to sacrifice Gakpo instead of Munoz paid off.
Wirtz threaded the eye of a needle with a through ball for the Spanish international, who blasted it in off the crossbar for his first goal since joining from Osasuna.
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