Today is a momentous day for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp as Mohamed Salah is only two goals away from surpassing Robbie Fowler in the club’s all-time goalscorers list. Salah has 182 goals, and is sixth on the club’s all-time league scorers list, just two goals behind Harry Chambers’ tally of 135. Salah is also four goals short of recording 100 at Anfield as a Liverpool player in all competitions, having scored 96 goals in 140 appearances in front of the Kop.
A victory today will see Jurgen Klopp reach the milestone of 100 league victories at Anfield as Reds manager, joining Tom Watson (166 games), Bill Shankly (139) and Bob Paisley (131). James Milner could make the 850th appearance of his club career. The Reds are also four goals short of recording 50 at Anfield this season in all competitions.
The last time Liverpool and Nottingham Forest met at Anfield was in October 1998 when Liverpool won 5-1 in the league, with Michael Owen scoring four times. Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 26 meetings at Anfield in all competitions – a run dating back to 1969. A win today would see the Reds move to within six points of the top four for at least a day.
Forest have lost their last five away Premier League games since drawing 1-1 at Bournemouth in January. They have the poorest away record in the top flight, having won once and picked up six points in total, with a goal difference of -31. Michael Oliver is today’s referee and Liverpool have not won any of the four games in which he has taken charge this season, drawing one and losing three.
Liverpool’s 56 league goals this season have been scored by Salah (26), Nunez (15), Firmino (11), Elliott (5), Gakpo (5), Diaz (4), Alexander-Arnold (3), Carvalho (3), Van Dijk (3), Jota (2), Bajcetic (1), Matip (1), Oxlade-Chamberlain (1), and four own goals. Nottingham Forest’s league goals have been scored by Johnson (10), Awoniyi (5), Surridge (3), Dennis (2), Gibbs-White (2), Lingard (2), Yates (2), Aurier (1), Boly (1), Kouyate (1), Lodi (1), Mangala (1), O’Brien (1), Wood (1), Worrall (1) and one own goal.