![]() Proving too hot to handle at Villa Park yet again, Aston Villa made it 12 Premier League home wins on the bounce when Luton Town paid a visit to their newly-fortified headquarters last weekend, their best such run since the competition's inception in 1992. Indeed, Forest have strung together an eye-catching seven-game Premier League unbeaten run at the City Ground - albeit while drawing each of their last three versus Burnley, Brentford and Luton Town - and only Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have prevented the hosts from scoring in a top-flight home game since their promotion. Thanks to their double-figure points total, the 16th-placed Tricky Trees boast an unassailable lead over their fellow relegation candidates for the time being, and home is certainly where the heart is for Cooper's troops if recent results are anything to go by. ![]() With no EFL Cup commitments to attend to in midweek, Steve Cooper and his off-colour Forest squad have had ample time to come up with a solution to their winless woes, having played out four draws and two defeats since coming away from Chelsea with a surprise 1-0 win at the start of September. On if the point is something to build on: "I've been encouraged since I got to the club with the way the players have responded, the way they are taking on the challenge.Diogo Jota and the whole of Anfield expressed their support for Diaz when the former opened the scoring and held up his teammate's jersey, which came four minutes before a Darwin Nunez tap-in, and a rush of blood to the head from Matt Turner allowed Mohamed Salah to tap home into an empty net in the dying embers. That will keep us getting stronger, keep increasing the mentality of the side to come away from home and win games." You've got to remember we played Arsenal forget the scoreline, that was a big, physical shift playing down there, the lads have put another one in today. "There's a lot to like with the performance today - the energy, the commitment. If we don't make a mistake for their second goal and we come away with a win and we get a penalty, which I was very surprised at, then I think that's a really good away peformance. I think we've had a couple of tough games away and then coming here - I'm not saying it's not tough because these have a good home record - we really wanted to take the game on and I think we did. "I'm very pleased with the away performance because there has been a lot of noise about the away performances of this football club, with me and before me. He almost had a match-winning hat-trick in the final minutes but drifted an effort just wide from a tight angle as the game ended all square.Įverton boss Sean Dyche says there are lots of positives to take from their 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest and hopes the team can build on their performance Substitute Ryan Yates found space down the right and he pulled it back to Johnson, who was unmarked in the area, and he steered the ball into the top corner to set up a grandstand finish. The visitors looked untroubled and in control as they looked to see out the game, but Forest found an equaliser out of nowhere in the 77th minute. Meanwhile, there was still no place for Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the Everton squad as he continues his recovery from a hamstring injury. Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper made just one change to the team that lost 4-0 to West Ham last time out, with Serge Aurier coming in at right-back for his first appearance in Garibaldi Red since the 1-1 draw with Man City on February 18.Įverton boss Sean Dyche made two changes from the side that lost 4-0 to Arsenal in midweek.īen Godfrey and Demarai Gray came into the starting XI with striker Neal Maupay dropping to the bench, while Vitalii Mykolenko dropped out of the squad altogether. Michael Keane won the first header from a set-piece Doucoure stole in to head home from close range Johnson was alert and he pounced to fire home the rebound after Morgan Gibbs-White's shot had been pushed away by Jordan Pickford.įorest were on top and pushing for a second but it was Everton that regained their lead, and it came against the run of play. Nottingham Forest: Navas (6), Aurier (6), Worrall (7), Felipe (6), Lodi (7), Freuler (6), Shelvey (6), Colback (6), Johnson (8), Gibbs-White (7), Wood (7).Įverton: Pickford (6), Coleman (6), Keane (6), Tarkowski (7), Godfrey (6), Iwobi (7), Doucoure (7), Gueye (7), Onana (6), McNeil (7), Gray (8).Īfter a lengthy wait to check a Doucoure handball in the build-up to the foul, Gray converted from the spot, sending Keylor Navas the wrong way.įorest responded well to going behind and they were level in the 19th minute after piling the pressure on Everton. ![]()
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