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
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (3-4-1-2): Keylor Navas; Joe Worrall, Felipe, Moussa Niakhate; Serge Aurier, Danilo, Orel Mangala, Renan Lodi; Morgan Gibbs-White, Brennan Johnson; Taiwo Awoniyi.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
SUBS: Matthew Cox, Shandon Baptiste, Yoane Wissa, Mathias Jorgensen, Finley Stevens, Mads Roerslev, Saman Ghoddos, Frank Onyeka, Josh Dasilva.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
BRENTFORD (4-3-3): David Raya; Aaron Hickey, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Rico Henry; Mikkel Damsgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen; Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney, Kevin Schade.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
Resuming their bid for Premier League survival today, Nottingham Forest edged out of the relegation zone in midweek, thanks to a 3-1 victory over Brighton at the City Ground. Forest's spirited second-half showing ended a run of 11 league matches without a win, but they are generally less effective on the road. In fact, Steve Cooper's side hold the worst away record throughout the top six tiers of English football, having taken six points on their travels this season; scoring just seven goals in the process.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
Occupying ninth place in the Premier League table with just five games left to play, Brentford took maximum points at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, despite registering only a single shot on target in their 1-0 win over Chelsea. That success ended a six-match winless run for Thomas Frank's men, who are already assured of a third straight top-flight campaign next season. In the league, the Bees have lost just one of their last 12 home fixtures and have scored at least once in each of their last 10.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
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