Steve Cooper's hunch that former Liverpool striker Taiwo Awoniyi could excel against his old club paid big dividends at The City Ground.
Awoniyi, who was a Liverpool player between 2015 and 2021 without making a first-team appearance because of work permit issues, was given the nod by his Nottingham Forest boss ahead of Brennan Johnson and Emmanuel Dennis and scored the only goal of the game after 55 minutes, toning down his celebration out of respect to Liverpool.
'T worked so hard. We played him today we thought he could be a handful for Virgil van Dijk.