Salah Grabs Winner as Liverpool Beats Forest 3-2

Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on April 22, 2023. (AFP)
Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on April 22, 2023. (AFP)
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Salah Grabs Winner as Liverpool Beats Forest 3-2

Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on April 22, 2023. (AFP)
Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on April 22, 2023. (AFP)

Liverpool twice relinquished a lead before scoring a winner through Mohamed Salah as a 3-2 result over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest preserved hopes of a top-four finish in the English Premier League on Saturday.

Diogo Jota put Liverpool 1-0 and 2-1 ahead at Anfield only for goals by Neco Williams — a former Liverpool player — and Morgan Gibbs-White to pull Forest level.

The last of five goals in a wild spell of 23 second-half minutes was converted by Salah, who side-footed in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s free kick in the 70th minute for his 16th of the league campaign.

Liverpool jumped to seventh in the standings, six points behind fourth-placed Newcastle and three behind Tottenham in fifth. Newcastle hosts Tottenham on Sunday.

Forest, which is in next-to-last place, remained without a win since Feb. 5 and has lost six of its last seven games, leaving manager Steve Cooper under lots of pressure after he was told results had to improve by owner Evangelos Marinakis this month.



Musiala a Doubt with Illness Ahead of Bayern Munich's 1st Game of 2025

FILED - 06 April 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Heidenheim: Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich stand on the pitch before the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Heidenheim and Bayern Munich at Voith-Arena. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa
FILED - 06 April 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Heidenheim: Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich stand on the pitch before the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Heidenheim and Bayern Munich at Voith-Arena. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa
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Musiala a Doubt with Illness Ahead of Bayern Munich's 1st Game of 2025

FILED - 06 April 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Heidenheim: Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich stand on the pitch before the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Heidenheim and Bayern Munich at Voith-Arena. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa
FILED - 06 April 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Heidenheim: Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich stand on the pitch before the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Heidenheim and Bayern Munich at Voith-Arena. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa

Bayern Munich may have to cope without its standout attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala in its first game of the year after he caught the flu, The Associated Press reported.
Bayern said on Thursday that Musiala would have to “take a break for the time being” and couldn't train with the team ahead of playing Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday in the Bundesliga.
Musiala has 14 goals and six assists in 22 games across all competitions for Bayern this season. His nine goals tie him for fourth highest in the Bundesliga.
It's not clear who'll be in goal on Saturday after Daniel Peretz injured a kidney in training on Wednesday. Peretz had been covering for the injured Manuel Neuer before the winter break while Neuer recovered from a broken rib.
Peretz also played in a 6-0 friendly win over Austrian club Salzburg on Monday, when Neuer wasn’t in the squad. Long-time reserve Sven Ulreich could also be an option.
Bayern leads the Bundesliga by four points from last season's champion Bayer Leverkusen, which plays at Borussia Dortmund on Friday.