Nottingham Forest shook up the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Liverpool, claiming a major upset.
Nottingham Forest secured their first win on the red half of Merseyside since 1969, achieving something even Brian Clough couldn’t. A 72nd-minute goal from Callum Hudson-Odoi, his first of the 2024/25 season after netting eight times last year, sealed the victory.
Few would have predicted Forest remaining unbeaten after their trip to Anfield, especially with Liverpool keeping clean sheets under Arne Slot until Saturday. Forest now sit in a commendable seventh place, having won two and drawn two of their first four matches.
The club’s strong performances reflect smart business in the summer transfer market. TNT Sports commentator Adam Summerton has been particularly impressed, especially by Forest’s acquisition of Nikola Milenkovic.
Summerton expressed surprise not at Milenkovic’s choice to join Forest, but that the club managed to lure Fiorentina into selling their star defender for just £12 million. After the match, Summerton took to X, praising the move and calling it an incredible piece of business. He questioned what Fiorentina was thinking, labeling the £12 million fee for a Champions League-level center-back as a steal.
Milenkovic, who captained Fiorentina to back-to-back Conference League finals and now leads his national team, brings crucial experience to Forest’s squad.
In quiet moments the Forest recruitment team must reminisce about the moment they had a £12m offer accepted for a CL standard CB in his prime years.
Milenković making a mockery of that fee – I honestly don’t know what Fiorentina were thinking, and said so at the time. #nffc
— Adam Summerton (@adamsummerton) September 14, 2024
At 26, he’s in his prime, and Summerton believes he’s a future Forest captain. Given his leadership and the team’s recent improvements, Milenkovic could soon be wearing the armband, proving Forest’s recruitment doubters wrong once again.