Nottingham Forest vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Nottingham Forest 3-1 Fulham: Three first-half goals earned the hosts a precious win
Three first-half goals earned Nottingham Forest a vital 3-1 victory over Fulham in their battle to stay away from the Premier League relegation zone.
The hosts were irrepressible in the first period with Callum Hudson-Odoi opening the scoring after nine minutes and Chris Wood doubling Forest’s advantage in the 19th minute.
Stunned Fulham manager Marco Silva made a triple substitution but it got worse for the visitors before the interval as the outstanding Morgan Gibbs-White made it 3-0 in stoppage time with a clinical finish.
Fulham reacted well in the second half and threw themselves a lifeline when Tosin Adarabioyo headed in from a corner.
Both sides hit the woodwork but despite a few jitters Forest held firm to move to 25 points, three ahead of Luton Town who occupy the last relegation place.
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Goal Abdul-Nasir Oluwatosin Oluwadoyinsolami Adarabioyo
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Bassey comes off second-best in an aerial collision with Gibbs-White and has stayed down, eventually returning to his feet but moving gingerly as he gets back into position for the visitors.
Nottingham Forest vs Fulham
We're back for the second half, which is kicked off by Muniz for a Fulham side who face a tough, tough task to get back into this game.
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Gibbs-White has been at the centre of everything good about Forests's first-half performance, with five final-third entries seeing him come away with a goal, an assist and three chances created. He's played 11 passes in this area of the pitch, putting in four crosses and completing two of his three attempted dribbles. Locksmith.
Nottingham Forest vs Fulham
What a first half at the City Ground!! Dominant hosts Nottingham Forest score a trio of superbly-worked goals to lead a lacklustre Fulham 3-0 at the break!! Gibbs-White's pass in behind the defence opened up space for Hudson-Odoi to slot home the opener after just nine minutes, and less than 10 later Wood had fired in their second from 25 yards! Elanga clipped the outside of the post as the visitors continued to be cut wide open, and Fulham boss Silva went left-field with a triple substitution mid-way through the half! That hardly stemmed Forest's momentum though, as Danilo and Gibbs-White glided through once more for the latter to net a deserved goal. Fulham were only 2-0 up at the break on the way to beating Forest 5-0 in the reverse fixture - could the Reds return the favour in the second half?
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We're into three additional minutes at the end of an all-action first half on the banks of the Trent.
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CHANCE!!! Pereira gets away from Omobamidele down the right and fires in a cross towards Muniz, but the striker pulls his header back across the face of goal and fails to trouble Sels!
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