Liverpool slump continues, Man City lose, Chelsea move second

LONDON :Liverpool's crumbling defence of their Premier League crown continued with a 3-0 home drubbing at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday that left Arne Slot's misfiring side 11th in the table. 

Goals by Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White gave Forest back-to-back league wins at Anfield for the first time in 62 years and condemned Liverpool to a sixth league defeat of the season.

Chelsea won 2-0 at Burnley in the early kickoff to move into second place, three points behind leaders Arsenal who host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, while Manchester City missed the chance to close the gap to one point by slumping to a 2-1 defeat at Newcastle United to slip to third.

Crystal Palace moved fourth with a 2-0 win at bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers who are still searching for their first win after 12 games. Brighton & Hove Albion are fifth after coming from a goal down to beat Brentford 2-1 at home.

Sunderland lost for only the third time in the league this season as Raul Jimenez scored late at Craven Cottage to earn Fulham a 1-0 victory.

Bournemouth trailed West Ham United 2-0 with both the London club's goals coming from former Bournemouth player Callum Wilson, but the south coast club hit back to draw 2-2.

Few people could have imagined that Liverpool's decline would be so steep but this is far more than a blip.

Forest went ahead after 33 minutes when defender Murillo fired powerfully past fit-again Liverpool keeper Alisson.

Forest struck again 47 seconds after the break when former Liverpool defender Neco Williams set up Nicola Savona and when Gibbs-White scored Forest's third it sparked an exodus of disgruntled Liverpool fans.

A VERY BAD RESULT, SAYS SLOT

"How bad that is difficult to measure but it was very bad," said