Nottingham Forest vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result and final score
The Tricky Trees had too much for Saints at the City Ground to extend their surprise title challenge
Nottingham Forest's remarkable campaign continued with a 3-2 win over struggling Southampton on Sunday but they had to survive a late onslaught before securing the win to move level on points with second-placed Arsenal in the Premier League standings.
The victory puts third-placed Forest on 44 points, six points off leaders Liverpool who have a game in hand, while Southampton remain rooted to the bottom with six points.
Forest were patient in their build-up play and three shots on target in the first half led to three goals, with Saints mostly having no answers to a dominant display, although the home side almost let their commanding lead slip late on.
In the 10th minute, Morgan Gibbs-White flicked a pass on to Elliot Anderson, who drove forward unchallenged before steering his shot low inside the near post from just outside the area for his first goal of the season.
"I've been working hard for that and the lads have been telling me to shoot," Anderson told BBC. "When I got space I thought I'd just bang it."
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
Nottingham Forest hold onto a precious three points and move level on points with second placed Arsenal after a 3-2 victory over Southampton. Forest were in control thanks to fine strikes from Anderson and Hudson-Odoi and a header from Wood in the first half had them 3-0 up at the break. They dominated proceedings in the second half until Bednarek diverted Ugochukwu's strike over Sels and gave Southampton a lifeline. Milenkovic thought he had quickly restoted Forest's three-goal advantage but his header was ruled out by the referee after a VAR review. It became a tense finale when Onuachu headed home a Fernandes corner but despite pressing hard for an equaliser in the 12 minutes of added time, Forest held on. Southampton stay 10 points adrift of saftey at the bottom of the Premier League table. The Saints had an xG of 0.88 compared to 1.90 for the hosts. They host Newcastle next whilst Forest head to Bournemouth. That is all from me. Thank you for joining me and goodbye.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
Southampton pushing for an equaliser but the ball isn't dropping kindly for a Saints player inside the penalty area. Forest managing to hold on.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
Jota wins a free-kick for Forest inside his own penalty area after going down under pressure from Ugochukwu. Sels will run down the clock here.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
That could be a pivotal moment. Bednarek connects with the corner and powers a header towards goal. Sels is beaten but Aina gets back on his goal-line and manages to clear the ball off the line.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
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Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
The atmopshere has changed at the City Ground with all the noise coming from the away end and Southampton win another corner in-front of their supporters.
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