Nottingham Forest v Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Blues edge thriller
Nottingham Forest 2-3 Chelsea: Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson ensure a late turnaround to put Blues in position for a European place
Late goals from Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson lifted Chelsea to a 3-2 Premier League victory at Nottingham Forest that left the hosts mathematically still in danger of relegation.
Mykhailo Mudryk also scored for Mauricio Pochettino’s team, who are seventh in the table with two games remaining. Forest are 17th and three points clear of 18th-placed Luton Town, but with a vastly superior goal difference that should ensure their Premier League survival. Both Forest and Luton have a game remaining.
Chelsea got on the scoreboard in the sixth minute when Cole Palmer sent a through ball to Mudryk, who swept a shot into the far bottom corner. Strikes from Willy Boly in the 16th minute and Callum Hudson-Odoi in the 74th made for a carnival atmosphere at the City Ground.
But Sterling scored the equaliser in the 80th minute and then Jackson silenced the Forest crowd two minutes later when he headed in a cross from skipper Reece James.
Relive all the action from The City Ground below:
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
22 mins: Danilo takes the corner and Petrovic gets a hand to it. It still falls onto the head of Chris Wood, but he can’t direct his header goalwards.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
21 mins: Palmer loses the ball in midfield and Forest counter. The ball falls to Yates on the edge of the box, and his shot is deflected behind for a corner.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
19 mins: Almost lovely play from Jackson as his meandering run takes him past a couple of challenges and into the Forest box, but he fumbles it at the last and can’t get a shot away.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
18 mins: The goal is given after a brief VAR check. Forest one step closer to officially ensuring their safety!
Right away, they attack and Aina clips a ball towards Wood, who can’t direct his header across goal to Gibbs-White. He was offside anyway.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
15 mins: GOAL! And are Forest are level out of nowhere? It could be offside.
Anyway, Gibbs-White clips a ball towards the far post and Boly has a free header. He directs it towards goal and it takes a touch off the boot of Gallagher, which takes it into the bottom post past Petrovic.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
14 mins: Gallagher wins a corner from Niakhate and Chelsea have a chance to deliver a dangerous ball in.
Palmer takes, but it runs out to Murillo and Forest counter, with the Brazilian winning a free-kick after Badiashile brings him down.
The Frenchman is booked for his troubles.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
13 mins: Hudson-Odoi, who’ll likely feel he has a point to prove tonight, plays in a cross which bounces off the defender and then onto him and out for a goal kick.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
12 mins: Jackson gets away past Murillo on the right-hand side, and he plays an inviting cutback into the box, but it’s cleared.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
10 mins: Forest win the ball deep into the Chelsea half and Woods receives the ball in the box. His touch is poor so he has to cross rather than shoot, and it’s deflected. It bounces to Yates, but his shot flies well over.
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