Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Mangala hacks down Felix on the edge of the box with a very rash challenge. He avoids a card but still concedes a free-kick in shooting distance for the hosts, but it's a chance wasted by Fernandez firing a 25-yard effort well over the bar.
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Attempt missed. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Awoniyi has now scored in six different Premier League games, and in each one, he's put Forest 1-0 up on the scoreboard. The only player to score an opening goal in more Premier League games in a single season for the club is Stan Collymore, who managed eight in 1994-95.
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João Félix (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
CHANCE! Sterling cuts inside and fires a powerful right-footed shot goalwards from from 20 yards. Yates gets in the way of it though, and is again on hand to win the ball after Madueke dribbles past several challenges to open up shooting space in the box!
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Chelsea are winless in their last five home league games, losing the last two. They haven’t had a longer home run without winning in a league game since a run of 12 in April 1995, only ever suffering three straight Premier League defeats at Stamford Bridge in November 1993.
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Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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