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
Gallagher sneaks up behind Mangala to win Chelsea the ball back, and immediately receives it from Kovacic's pass. Awoniyi looks to reclaim possession though, and barges the midfielder to ground to concede another free-kick. It's been stop-start to say the least, so far.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Goal! Chelsea 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Renan Lodi with a cross.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Awoniyi barges Badiashile off the ball to come up with possession in the final third for Forest, but he's judged to have done so too aggressively by the referee and the free-kick goes Chelsea's way.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Hall hangs the Chelsea free-kick towards the back post, where Felix and Yates both jump for the ball, but the Forest midfielder is able to force a goal kick via a ricochet off the Portuguese forward.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Madueke does well to block Lodi's clearance and keep the ball in play before Mangala hauls Gallagher to the floor, gifting Chelsea a free-kick from a promising crossing position.
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
Chelsea have lost at home against a promoted side in each of their last two Premier League campaigns, going down 5-2 to West Brom in 2020-21 and 4-1 against Brentford last season. They'd only lost at home to a promoted club in three of the first 28 campaigns of the competition (1994-95 v Nottingham Forest, 2000-01 v Charlton and 2015-16 v Bournemouth). Bogie.
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