Graeme Souness says Nottingham Forest will be Liverpool’s ‘biggest’ title challengers if one thing happens

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Nottingham Forest are catching the eyes of the big boys in the punditry world, with Graeme Souness the latest to sing his praises.

It’s safe to say that Nottingham Forest fans are living out their wildest dreams right now, with European football surely set to return to the City Ground.

To be on 40 points at just over the halfway mark, four points ahead of Chelsea is crazy.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	19	14	4	1	47	19	28	46
2	ArsenalArsenal	20	11	7	2	39	18	21	40
3	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	20	12	4	4	29	19	10	40
4	ChelseaChelsea	20	10	6	4	39	24	15	36

There’s been no luck involved in this run either. The tactics of Nuno Espirito Santo have been second-to-none, and the brilliant thing about it is nothing changes regardless of the opposition.

Graeme Souness is a big admirer of what’s going on at Nottingham Forest, and he’s even tipped them to be Liverpool’s biggest title challengers if one thing happens.

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Graeme Souness says Nottingham Forest are Liverpool’s biggest title challengers

Nottingham Forest fans are being brought back to the days under Brian Clough, where challenging some of the biggest teams in world football was a regular occurrence.

Graeme Souness certainly sees similarities between Nuno’s side and Clough’s.

Speaking in his Daily Mail column, Souness said that Nottingham Forest are the biggest title challengers to Liverpool if they can avoid injuries.

“It’s fitting, the synchronicity of 50 years on, we see Forest challenging Liverpool once again.

“Nuno has them defending well, breaking at pace. They are full of confidence. They have beaten Liverpool once this season and Liverpool still have to go to their place.

“Barring any big injuries, right now, they are Liverpool’s biggest threat to the title.”

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Souness makes Brian Clough comparison

Souness was very complimentary of Forest and states they even remind him of the glory days.

“It was 50 years ago this week that Brian Clough walked into Nottingham Forest and created the greatest success story ever told in English football.

“To go from promotion out of Division Two to winning the League then European Cup in 24 months with a provincial team and small squad was phenomenal.

“To make it worse, Cloughie’s side had the Indian sign over our Liverpool team for a couple of years also, beating us to the title, beating us in the European Cup and winning the League Cup too. It took us until an FA Cup tie in 1980 for us to shake off their hoodoo, beating them 2-0, notably after Peter Shilton dropped a cross under a challenge from Ray Kennedy for Kenny Dalglish to score.

“Much like today, they were a team that relied on togetherness, built around defending well then hitting their opponents on the counter attack. In their midst they had John Robertson, the most underrated footballer of my generation, and one I knew well having played with him since our days as 15-year-olds with Scotland Schoolboys.”