Nottingham Forest vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford: The Reds salvaged a point with a stoppage-time own-goal
An own goal from Brentford defender Mathias Jorgensen in the sixth minute of stoppage time gave Nottingham Forest a share of the spoils in a 2-2 Premier League draw at the City Ground on Saturday.
Brentford goalkeeper David Raya punched away a cross from the right and Forest‘s Morgan Gibbs-White had his effort blocked before the ball ricocheted off Jorgensen and over the line, with the goal given after a VAR check for offside.
Despite earning a crucial point, Forest remain rooted to the bottom of the table on 10 points from 14 games while Brentford move up to 10th with 16 points.
The hosts deservedly took the lead in the 20th minute when Gibbs-White squeezed past three Brentford defenders and curled home an effort from the edge of the box for his first Forest goal.
Brentford were awarded a spot kick following a lengthy VAR check in the closing minutes of the first half when Yoanne Wissa went down after taking the ball around goalkeeper Dean Henderson, with Bryan Mbeumo coolly converting to level the score.
The visitors went ahead with 15 minutes remaining when Mathias Jensen sent a lofted through ball to Wissa and the forward lobbed Henderson with a cool finish, before Forest escaped with a point in the closing seconds
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
Next up, Forest host Tottenham in the EFL Cup, with Brentford at home against Gillingham.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
A late own goal from Jorgensen rescued a point for Forest who took the lead in the first half before going behind. Gibbs-White opened the scoring, controlling a chested pass from Denis before dribbling past several Brentford defenders and curling a deflected shot past Raya. Cooper’s side were dominant in the first half but were denied the lead going into the break. After a VAR check, Henderson was penalised for tripping Wissa inside the box, with Mbeumo despatching the penalty due to the absence of Toney. Winning the spot-kick, Wissa looked to have completed the turnaround in the second half. Running onto a launched pass from Jensen, the striker got behind the defence before chipping it over the goalkeeper who was stranded. Struggling in the attack, Forest left it late to find a leveller. Scorer of the first, Gibbs-White’s low strike from close range was cleared against Jorgensen by Mee, with the ball looping past the defender and over the line despite the best efforts of the former Burnley man.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
FULL-TIME NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-2 BRENTFORD
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