Liverpool’s victory over Nottingham Forest tonight was the easiest of their seven Premier League wins so far this season.
Alisson Becker kept his second consecutive clean sheet in the premier league, and all three of the starting front three found the back of the net as the Reds easily won 3-0 at Anfield.
But as the game started this afternoon, there was a moment in the 58th minute that will bother Jurgen Klopp come November.
Just before the hour, Alexis Mac Allister was booked by referee Chris Kavanagh for a foul on a Forest player. It didn’t really matter for the match today, but it could affect games in the future.
Since it was his fourth yellow card of the Premier League season thus far, the Argentine is now just one yellow card away from an automatic one-match suspension.
The 24-year-old was also shown the red card in the team’s 3-1 victory over Bournemouth in August, but an appeal properly overturned the ridiculous first decision, sparing him a ban.
However, if Mac Allister appears in the referee’s notebook for the encounter against Brentford in two weeks, he will be held accountable for the November 25 trip to Manchester City.
Wataru Endo, who impressed in Thursday’s match against Toulouse, is capable of playing as number six for Liverpool should the need arise. The manager would definitely prefer, though, that his first pick be available for the trip to the Etihad Stadium. Klopp has an abundance of options in the midfield.
The Argentine is walking a tightrope when it comes to discipline. I hope he doesn’t trip over that at the most inconvenient time.
