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
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Your support makes all the difference.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
37 mins: Palmer can’t find the gap with the through ball, but Chelsea win the throw. Gallagher is brought down by Danilo, and the away side have a free-kick around 30 yards out.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
35 mins: Gibbs-White clips another inviting ball to the back post and it’s headed across goal again, but Silva does well to clear.
The outgoing Chelsea man – who’s on his way back to Copa Libertadores holders Fluminense – has looked comfortable so far. He’ll join fellow Brazil legend Marcelo at the Rio de Janeiro club.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
34 mins: Forest clear the corner and it runs to Hudson-Odoi. It’s a simple foot race towards goal between him and Gallagher, and the Forest man is brought down near the box.
Gallagher is booked after a brief VAR check for last man.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
33 mins: Some nice play from Chelsea as Palmer sees the opening between two Forest defenders and slides the ball through to Jackson, but he can’t direct his shot past Sels.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
32 mins: Palmer delivers the corner again, but it’s cleared at the near post and he’s offside from th return ball.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
31 mins: Great play from both Madueke and Aina, as the former takes it past the Forest defender on the right, but he does well recover with the sliding challenge.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
29 mins: Palmer feeds Jackson, who lays it off to Cucurella in the box, but there are too many Forest bodies and Boly clears.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
28 mins: Jackson tries to collect a through ball but it comes off his heel, and the home side win possession once more.
Moments later, Jackson is tackled well as he was bearing down on goal.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea
26 mins: Gibbs-White tries to clip a ball over the top to Wood, but the New Zealander doesn’t have the pace to win the footrace with Badiashile.
A bit of a lull in activity over the last five minutes.
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