Evening Standard
·11 May 2024
Evening Standard
·11 May 2024
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea LIVE!
Late goals from Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson lifted Chelsea to a 3-2 Premier League victory at Nottingham Forest on Saturday 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. Read back the blog below.
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea latest news
Live updates
39 minutes ago
99min: Chelsea win! A huge three points which looked very unlikely for much of the game.
42 minutes ago
96min: Into the final minutes as Forest look for the goal which will confirm they have avoided relegation.
45 minutes ago
93min: Gusto gets wiped out as he shoots at goal inside the area, but VAR take a look and are not interested.
Looked like a foul to me...
48 minutes ago
91min: Seven minutes added on.
51 minutes ago
85min: Forest aren’t done here. City Ground still rocking, though slightly less so.
56 minutes ago
82min: Complete turnaround!
James, on as a substitute just before Sterling’s goal, puts the ball on a plate for Jackson to head home!
58 minutes ago
80min: Well, well, well! Sterling has cut inside and beaten Sels, just like Hudson-Odoi did minutes earlier.
Game in for the final 10 minutes.
59 minutes ago
There are chants of "Chelsea reject" about Hudson-Odoi at the City Ground.
The former Blues winger has just scored a spectacular goal moments after hitting the bar.
Chelsea can't live with the player they sold for £5million to give Mudryk his spot on the wing for £88.5m.
1 hour ago
78min: Forest needed just a point to make 100% of their Premier League status this afternoon. Three points is dreamland.
1 hour ago
76min: Chelsea gave Hudson-Odoi about five goes to get his eye in before he got it right. It’s been a woeful display from Chelsea.