Forest's defensive improvement
"I'm not sure where I should put praise on. They're a great team, Steve [Cooper]'s a fantastic manager, for us, we have to win here - done - but we didn't. Credit to Nottingham, it was us against the goalkeeper, us against ourselves and not us against Nottingham Forest." - Jurgen Klopp Jurgen Klopp's post-game comments last week failed to give much credit to Forest, despite the result being at least in part due to huge improvements in their defensive game. Steve Cooper has changed Forest’s way of playing in an effort to tighten defensively. Moving to four at the back, he is using a 4-3-3 formation in an effort to get back to basics, concentrating on defending key areas during the difficult transition to elite football. This game saw him make a couple of changes, however we are beginning to see more of a settled side as he tries to build an understanding on the pitch. The Reds were certainly fortunate that, as well as missing players, Liverpool appear uns