Liverpool recovered from the late withdrawal of attacker Luis Diaz to extend their unbeaten run in the league against Nottingham Forest to 25 matches after a 3-0 win at Anfield on Sunday.

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The result leaves Liverpool three points behind surprise Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur on 23 points.

The Reds opened the scoring via Diogo Jota after 31 minutes, from a swift counter-attack.

After Forest centre-back Murillo was robbed by Alexis Mac Allister, the Reds stormed forward through Mohamed Salah, who slipped the ball to Darwin Nunez inside the box. The Uruguayan’s snap shot was saved by Matt Turner but the ball fell kindly into the path of Jota to slot home.

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The Portuguese attacker celebrated the goal by holding up a jersey of teammate Diaz.

Diaz was left out of the squad after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, with manager Jurgen Klopp saying everyone at the club is worried.

The Reds managed to cope ably in his absence, scoring their second four minutes after their opener.

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Dominik Szoboszlai played a lovely one-two with Salah before cutting the ball back to Nunez who sent it into the roof of the net. Questions had been asked about Nunez’s finishing after the 5-1 midweek Europa League win over Toulouse after he missed an open goal after dribbling past a defender and the goalkeeper.

Salah made it 3-0 on 77 minutes after Turner misjudged Szoboszlai’s raking ball forward, allowing the Egyptian to score his 10th goal of the season.

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The score of 3-0 was maintained until the end of the match and with 3 points, Liverpool is still close to the top of the Premier League.