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Liverpool 2-2 Nottm Forest: Munoz's stunner rescues point in Anfield thriller (highlights)

Anfield witnessed a proper thriller on Saturday lunchtime, but Liverpool's winless start to the season continued with a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest. Andoni Iraola's first home Premier League game as Reds boss was a rollercoaster of emotions. The visitors stunned the hosts on 24 minutes — Morgan Gibbs-White released Dan Ndoye, and the forward finished calmly past Alisson Becker. Liverpool thought they were level on 32 minutes when Florian Wirtz danced through the box and slotted home, but VAR intervened and ruled it out for offside in the build-up involving Jeremie Frimpong. Wirtz was denied by Matz Sels again on 38 minutes, the Forest keeper tipping his looping header over the bar. The pressure told on 60 minutes: Wirtz switched play to Cody Gakpo, who spun past two defenders and delivered a low cross for Alexander Isak to tap in from close range. The joy was short-lived. Alisson brought down Neco Williams in the box 10 minutes later, and Gibbs-White stepped up to send the Brazilian the wrong way from the spot. Just when it looked like defeat, Victor Munoz produced a moment of magic on 82 minutes. Wirtz slipped a pass into the box, the Spaniard turned and thumped a deflected shot off the underside of the bar past Sels to make it 2-2. Munoz's first goal for the club was a beauty. Dominik Szoboszlai almost won it with a wicked free-kick on 85 minutes, but it whistled past the post. After the game, Iraola admitted the first half was 'poor', but praised the second-half reaction. He also backed Wirtz despite criticism from pundits like Jamie Carragher, who controversially claimed the German is 'a decent footballer' worth only £50-60 million. With two points from two games, Liverpool are under pressure. Can they get their first win at Ipswich?

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