Stephen Warnock was raging at what he described as ‘under-10s football’ from Liverpool for the passage of play which saw them fall behind to Nottingham Forest in the first half of their clash at Anfield this afternoon.Having survived an early scare thanks to a brilliant block from Jeremy Jacquet, the Reds weren’t so lucky in the 24th minute when Dan Ndoye fired the visitors into a lead they fully deserved.Goalkeeper Matz Sels punted a long ball upfield to Igor Jesus, who held it up for Morgan Gibbs-White to pass onto the Swiss forward, who was under no pressure from the home defence whatsoever as he simply rolled his shot past Alisson Becker and into the far corner of the net.Warnock slams ‘under-10s’ defending from LiverpoolTo say the least, Warnock wasn’t impressed with Liverpool’s defending for the opening goal and acknowledged that Forest were full value for their lead.The pundit said on BBC Radio 5 Live: “It’s under-10s football from Liverpool in terms of defending. It’s a simple ball over the top, the centre forward is strong and physical and when he lays it off the finish from Dan Ndoye is beautiful. Forest deservedly go ahead.”(Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)All too easy for Ndoye to give Forest the leadSadly for Andoni Iraola, Ndoye’s goal comes as quite the video nasty to analyse.One long ball forward from Sels bypassed every outfield Liverpool player, with Jesus all too easily holding off a half-hearted challenge from Alexis Mac Allister, and Gibbs-White enjoyed a free run onto the breaking ball to lay it off to the Switzerland international.Ndoye then had time to take a touch and pick his spot, with his shot calmly finished beyond Alisson as Forest took the lead with a goal which was easier than they could ever have imagined.On so many levels, it was a passage of play which’ll have Iraola and Reds fans tearing out their hair in frustration, and symptomatic of how little effort oppositon teams need to put in to scoring against us.It could’ve been even worse than 1-0 at half-time if it weren’t for an outstanding save from Alisson to deny Jesus just before the interval.Forest are on course to win at Anfield for the third season in a row, and at the time of writing, Liverpool need to improve rapidly if they’re to turn this around after a wretched first half.You can view Ndoye’s goal below, via @footballontnt on X:Ndoye gives Forest the lead at Anfield! Watch live on TNT Sports & HBO Max pic.twitter.com/ag0oZ7UjTm— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) August 29, 2026The post ‘Under-10s football’ – Stephen Warnock lets rip at Liverpool as Forest threaten Anfield repeat appeared first on The Empire of The Kop.