A single goal Chris Wood It gave Nottingham their first win of the season at the City Ground (1-0) and put them in eighth place in the Premier League. On the other hand, Crystal Palace, third from bottom, are still without a win after eight games and the defeat increases the pressure on Oliver Glasnerasked his coach.
The start of the game was exciting, with chances at both goals. Crystal Palace started better, guided by an Eberechi Eze nuisance for Forest from the first minute. In the opening quarter of an hour, the great English player took a shot from his hat that missed the goal by millimeters and put the ball into the area for Eddie Nketiah put goalkeeper Matz Sels to the test, inspired all night.
Anderson wants nothing less than Eze
But Elliot Anderson He didn’t want to let Eze take center stage and led Forest’s reaction with some unique actions, such as a spectacular slalom in the area that ended with a low shot hitting the post that was taken. Dean Henderson.
In the next corner Wood He warned with a header that Jefferson Lerma took under the sticks. Seconds later, the forward himself came close to scoring again when he again headed a cross from the star Anderson, the ball just wide of the target.
Three wood finishes
Both teams came out determined to find victory and They offered a game without breaks, with alternatives. Midway through the first half, Forest had two more clear chances to score that were blocked by the posts. Nketiah hit the same crossbar a great kick from outside the area and The post rejected a header from Ryan Yates on the second play after a corner-
Forest and Palace slowed down late in the first half but got back on track after the break. Eze continued to command the attacks of the Londoners, who also started the second half better.
Sels stepped up to block a left-footed volley from Eze, which also frustrated him by deflecting a whiplash enough that it hits the crossbar.
Wood’s fifth goal in Forest’s 8
Extreme battles have constant alternates, as seen in Trevor Chalobah left nervous in his attempt to clear and Wood, without thinking, unleashed a shot that went past Henderson, wrong and taught in this play (65′).
The New Zealander’s fifth league goal, more than half of his team’s just 8, gave Forest the victory, but thanks also to Sels, key with a good hand on a shot by Jeffrey Schlupp so that the three points remained at the City Ground.
match lineup
26
34
19
16
31
5
21
22
11
8
14
1
12
3
6
5
27
19
8
9
10
18
The City of the City
Dean Henderson1
Daniel Muñoz12
95′
77′
Tyrick Mitchell3
73′
68′
Marc Guéhi6
Maxence Lacroix5
Trevoh Chalobah27
62′
Will Hughes19
73′
Jefferson Lerma8
5′
64′
83′
Eddie Nketiah9
65′
59′
77′
Eberechi Eze10
83′
Daichi Kamada18
41′
87′
Replacements
Remi Matthews31
77′
Joel Ward2
77′
Nathaniel Clyne17
Caleb Kporha58
Jeffrey Schlupp15
73′
Adam Wharton20
83′
Asher Agbinone64
87′
62′
Ismaila Sarr7
73′
83′
Jean-Philippe Mateta14
65′
coach
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo
Oliver Glasner
Source: La Verdad
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