Brentford vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Brentford beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at home in the Premier League on Saturday after Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva scored late second-half goals to leave the visitors a point above the relegation zone.
The result leaves Forest in 17th with 30 points, above 18th-placed Leicester City who have a game in hand. Brentford are ninth with 50 points.
It was Brentford who applied the early pressure as Forest keeper Keylor Navas and his defensive line stood firm to deny the home side who struggled in the final third in the first half.
Forest were well and truly under the cosh but midfielder Danilo scored for the visitors with the last kick of the half from six yards out after latching on to a heavily deflected shot from Morgan Gibbs-White.
After struggling for most of the second half, Brentford’s equaliser finally came in the 82nd minute when Toney curled a free kick through the wall and beat Navas as the ball went in off the post for the English striker’s 20th league goal.
Dasilva then settled the contest with a powerful shot from a tight angle in the 93rd minute that beat Navas, with VAR confirming Yoane Wissa was onside and not interfering with play.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
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Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
Buoyed by back-to-back wins, Brentford will travel to Anfield full of confidence when they meet Liverpool next week, while Forest's fight against demotion continues in a clash with fellow strugglers Southampton.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
Beaten by two late goals, Nottingham Forest return home empty-handed despite defending doggedly and leading since just before the break. With time running out, Brentford seemed to be all out of ideas about how to break their visitors down, but Toney was first to strike back from a free-kick and Dasilva's moment of magic stole maximum points. Forest are left dangling just above the drop zone and must consider what might have been; Brentford are ever more secure in the top half of the table.
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