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
Janelt surges forward and feeds the ball to Mbeumo on the right. He looks to cut inside and shoot but cannot find space to do so.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
Lewis-Potter is positioned on the left of the Brentford attack. It is Wissa who is leading the line.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
The first shot of the match comes from Johnson. He receives the ball on the right of the box but drills a shot into the gloves of Raya who makes a simple save to his right.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
Brentford move into Forest's half of the pitch. Henry overlaps Lewis-Potter and puts a low cross into the box but the ball is cleared away by McKenna.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
Brentford get this Premier League match underway.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
This is the first ever top flight meeting between Forest and Brentford. Forest have won three of their last five against them, though were winless in both games the last time the sides met in the 2020-21 Championship campaign (D1 L1).
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies