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Record EPL Anfield attendance of 60,344 in game | xG stats from Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest 2024

LIV vs NFFC 2024

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest (official crowd attendance of 60,344 at Anfield on September 14, 2024). This is a new record Premier League attendance for a Premier League game at Anfield, but it saw the Reds slump to their first defeat under Arne Slot- LFC were unbeaten and hadn’t conceded a goal at the end of Week 3.

Some interesting stats from the game

Nottingham Forest had 0 xG in the first half- no shots whatsoever from NFFC till half time.

Coming into the game, NFFC had registered the most shots of all PL teams till GW3 (53)

The first shot of the game came from LFC in the 17th minute (through Luis Diaz)

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Casemiro stinker, Arne Slot does a Paisley, MUFC only team NOT to score in GW3 & more- Talking Points from Man Utd v Liverpool

Casemiro vs LFC 24-25

The big game of the weekend in the Premier League was the one at Old Trafford between great rivals Manchester United and Liverpool. It turned out to be a rather tame one-sided affair, with Liverpool coasting to victory and scoring 3 unanswered goals in the process. Here are our talking points from the fixture.

Casemiro has a stinker; Colyer-Mainoo in the centre of the park in the second half

Casemiro had an absolute shocker of a first half for United, and two of his mistakes directly led to first-half goals for Liverpool. The Brazilian midfielder was one of the best in the world at Real Madrid, but has looked like a pale shadow of his former self at Old Trafford, and his performance on Sunday was so bad that manager Erik Ten Hag was forced to sub him off at half-time, and bring 20-year-old Toby Collyer (on Premier League debut) in midfield alongside teenager Kobbie Mainoo.

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Premier League Team of the Week GW3 (2024/25)- Media Outlet roundup for TOTW

Liverpool and Man City are the only two teams with a 100% record in the 24/25 season after Week 3, and the Reds are also the only team not to have conceded a goal so far.

Arne Slot’s side kept yet another clean sheet in an impressive 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, and it’s no surprise that they dominate several pundits’ TOTW for MW3.

BBC Deeney Team of the Week (Round 3 for 2024/25)

Deeney’s TOTW: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Collins, Bogarde, Onana, Bellegarde, Diaz, Eze, Salah, Haaland

Almost half of the BBC TOTW for Round 3 come from Liverpool, with Deeney’s XI having 5 LFC players- goalkeeper Alisson, defenders Van Dijk and Robertson and forwards Luis Diaz and Mo Salah.

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