Nottingham Forest were thrashed by Liverpool today and Steve Cooper must now make a brutal call on Matt Turner. The Reds goalkeeper was at fault for Mohamed Salah’s goal that allowed Liverpool to put the seal on an easy win.

This was a drab showing from Forest. For a small period in the first half, Turner kept the score pretty respectable. However, his parry from a Darwin Nunez shot allowed Diogo Jota to score the Liverpool opener.

A few moments later, Nunez made it 2-0 and he was helpless to stop it. Turner has to be removed from the Forest team immediately because of what transpired in the second half, which was quite unacceptable.

Cooper needs to choose Turner for the match the next week.
The Reds have gone six games without a victory. Turner’s form has declined after having a really strong start for Forest, and to be honest, it isn’t good enough.

Cooper’s team were just starting to get going again when the American endured a disasterclass in goalkeeping. After a long ball downfield from Dominic Szoboszlai, the 29-year-old came rushing miles out of his goal and missed everything allowing Salah to tap into an empty net.

Turner checked in at Forest from Arsenal in the summer. He cost the club £7 million and he did produce some good moments earlier on during the 2023/24 campaign.

Now, however, he’s in danger of losing his place in the Forest starting line-up for next week. Forest face Aston Villa at the City Ground and the Reds desperately need a victory.

Who replaces Turner in the Forest team?

Odysseas Vlachodimos, now ranked first in Greece, serves as the backup. He was a £10 million summer acquisition, so it will not sit well with him that he has been the underdog ever since.

In short, the goalie needs an opportunity to prove himself right now. Turner’s distribution has been largely disappointing, and he has appeared rather inconsistent for weeks.

Although it may seem cruel to Turner, Cooper would have been enraged by this moment of insanity. The actions taken by the Forest goalie were unnecessary, and Vlachodimos will now need to be benched for the games against Villa the following weekend.