Liverpool couldn't hold Anfield again. Nottingham Forest came in and left with a 2-2 draw, twice forcing the Reds to come from behind on their own turf, and Barstool's soccer crowd was locked in from the opening goal.
Dan Ndoye got Forest going first, and the reaction on the Barstool side was pure delight.
DAN NDOYEEEEEE
Forest deserved the lead, and Liverpool spent stretches of the half chasing the game rather than controlling it. One fan captured the vibe in real time, catching a Forest defender sliding in to break up a Liverpool attack while the scoreboard still read 1-0 to the visitors.
You just hate to see such @sirdinho702
Alexander Isak leveled things for Liverpool in the second half, but the momentum didn't last. Morgan Gibbs-White stepped up and converted a penalty to put Forest back in front, and the Barstool reaction was just as loud the second time around.
Liverpool needed a rescue act, and Victor Munoz provided it with a deflected leveler to make it 2-2 and salvage a point in front of the home crowd. It's the second straight week Andoni Iraola's side has had to come from behind just to draw, after a similar 2-2 result at Newcastle the weekend before, and a first win at Anfield remains elusive.
Chief's postgame take summed up where Liverpool fans are at right now: grateful for the point, annoyed it wasn't three, and bracing for a Forest side that's still finding its footing under new boss Oliver Glasner, who took over at the City Ground this summer after leaving Crystal Palace with an FA Cup, a Community Shield and a Europa Conference League title on his resume.
I’ve grown accustomed to taking all three points at anfield but I’ll take the draw. Liverpool is lucky to catch Forest before the transfer business is done and in the early stages of Glasner-ball
Forest have been through a manager every few months over the past year, and the early returns under Glasner suggest they're not just surviving that chaos, they're competing with it. Liverpool, meanwhile, are running out of home games to figure out why the results at Anfield keep stalling out at draws instead of the three points Chief says he's grown used to.