Nottingham Forest shocked Liverpool on Saturday to pick up their first win at Anfield since 1969.
The hosts created the vast majority of chances, but impact substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the only goal of the game to keep their unbeaten start to the season intact.
“We knew as subs we would come on at a certain point, we had fresh legs to run in behind and cause them problems. The manager told us to make an impact and we are buzzing with the win,” the match winner said after the final whistle.
“I saw the space in the far corner and as soon as I hit it I knew there was a good chance of it going in. We started well and we ended well.
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“It is a massive win, the atmosphere is crazy. We made sure we had the right mentality from the beginning. 55 years and now it’s done but we can’t rely on this.”
Forest captain Ryan Yates praised manager Nuno Espirito Santo’s game-changing substitutions in the second half.
“We set out with a gameplan and stuck to it brilliantly, the manager made changes at the right time and they made an impact!
“The manager gives us belief every day that we are good enough anywhere we go. We respect the opponents but we really showed our quality. The crowd can be powerful here so we had to have spells of possession and limit our mistakes.”
Forest move at least temporarily in the top four of the Premier League table on eight points after four games.
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