Alisson Becker Fined £8,000 for Misconduct After Nottingham Forest Match

Alisson Becker has been fined £8,000 by the FA after accepting a misconduct charge for his actions following Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest last month.

The Liverpool goalkeeper lost his composure at full-time at the City Ground, furious at the penalty awarded against him for a challenge on former team-mate Neco Williams. Morgan Gibbs-White converted from the spot to put Forest in front, before a late Victor Munoz strike rescued a point for Andoni Iraola’s side.

The controversy didn’t end with the whistle. As Alisson left the pitch, he was seen kicking the fourth official’s electronic board in frustration. That same board had already angered Liverpool during the game after it malfunctioned, delaying a triple substitution in the moments leading up to the penalty incident.

The FA confirmed on Friday that Alisson has accepted the charge and the standard punishment.

An official statement read: “Liverpool’s Alisson Becker has been fined £8,000 for misconduct at the Premier League fixture against Nottingham Forest on 29 August.

“It was alleged that the goalkeeper acted in an improper manner around the tunnel area after the final whistle.

“Alisson Becker has subsequently accepted the charge against him and received the standard penalty.”

The sting has only sharpened this week.

The Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has since ruled that the penalty should not have been awarded by referee Sam Barrott. Three of the five panel members felt Alisson’s challenge on Williams did not merit a spot-kick.

Their written verdict underlined that view: “The contact from Alisson was inevitable as a consequence of his momentum in attempting to save the ball. The contact made was not reckless and below the threshold for a penalty.”

Yet the officials involved on the day will not face criticism from the KMI Panel over VAR protocol. While the group believed the on-field decision was wrong, they unanimously backed VAR Michael Oliver’s choice not to send Barrott to the pitchside monitor, concluding that the incident did not meet the “clear and obvious” threshold required for intervention.

So Alisson walks away with a fine, the decision that enraged him officially branded the wrong one, and the record books still showing a Forest penalty that, by the league’s own panel, should never have stood.