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Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford: Forest score late equaliser to salvage point

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Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford: Forest score late equaliser to salvage point
Henderson challenge on Wissa for penalty
Wissa has scored three goals for Brentford this season

Nottingham Forest scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser to salvage a point against Brentford at the City Ground.

Morgan Gibbs-White opened the scoring with a delightful solo effort when he received the ball on the edge of the box, shrugged off a few defenders and got a shot away that was helped on its way by a heavy deflection.

Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo converted a controversial penalty and Yoane Wissa chipped goalkeeper Dean Henderson to put Brentford on the brink of their first away win of the season.

But a scramble in the box in the 96th minute eventually saw the ball cross the line, the final touch coming off Brentford defender Mathias Jorgensen.

Forest scramble for hard-earned draw

Forest have opened the scoring in five of their six home matches this season but have gone on to lose three of those games and drawn one.

Despite extensive investment over the summer, they remain rooted to the foot of the league with the worst goal difference, having scored 10 and conceded 30.

Gibbs-White, signed in the summer for a club record £25m, was lively however and had a chance to open the scoring when he strode forward and found Brennan Johnson, whose well-struck shot was saved by David Raya before Ben Mee hooked a leg in to make a crucial clearance.

Forest had a shout for a penalty when Josh Dasilva shoved Ryan Yates but a VAR check deemed there was not enough in it.

Gibbs-White’s run and finish after 20 minutes nevertheless gave the hosts a lead they looked poised to take into the break only for Forest keeper Henderson to concede a contentious penalty deep into first-half stoppage time.

Wissa ran on to a looping ball from midfield and Henderson stuck a glove out to try and scoop the ball up, but caught Wissa as the forward tried to take the ball around him.

A lengthy VAR check eventually advised referee Andre Marriner to go to the monitor and he awarded the penalty that Mbeumo converted, much to the despair of Henderson and the home crowd.

Forest struggled to create clear-cut chances to retake the lead and Wissa’s goal with 15 minutes remaining appeared to have settled the result in the visitors’ favour.

But a frantic period of injury time saw Taiwo Awoniyi come close with a free header in the box before a cross from the right bounced around in the area and eventually came off the unlucky Jorgensen to send the City Ground into chaos.

More to follow.

Player of the match

McKennaScott McKenna

with an average of 6.90

Nottingham Forest

  1. Squad number26Player nameMcKenna

  2. Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White

  3. Squad number20Player nameJohnson

  4. Squad number24Player nameAurier

  5. Squad number23Player nameFreuler

  6. Squad number22Player nameYates

  7. Squad number21Player nameKouyaté

  8. Squad number25Player nameDennis

  9. Squad number7Player nameN Williams

  10. Squad number1Player nameHenderson

  11. Squad number3Player nameS Cook

  12. Squad number16Player nameSurridge

  13. Squad number14Player nameO’Brien

  14. Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi

  15. Squad number11Player nameLingard

Brentford

  1. Squad number19Player nameMbeumo

  2. Squad number8Player nameJensen

  3. Squad number1Player nameRaya

  4. Squad number11Player nameWissa

  5. Squad number23Player nameLewis-Potter

  6. Squad number30Player nameRoerslev

  7. Squad number16Player nameMee

  8. Squad number3Player nameHenry

  9. Squad number24Player nameDamsgaard

  10. Squad number5Player namePinnock

  11. Squad number10Player nameDasilva

  12. Squad number27Player nameJanelt

  13. Squad number7Player nameCanós

  14. Squad number15Player nameOnyeka

  15. Squad number13Player nameM Jorgensen

  16. Squad number14Player nameGhoddos

Line-ups

Nottm Forest

Formation 4-3-1-2

  • 1HendersonBooked at 45mins
  • 24Aurier
  • 3S CookSubstituted forSurridgeat 90′minutes
  • 26McKenna
  • 7N Williams
  • 22YatesBooked at 35mins
  • 23FreulerSubstituted forLingardat 79′minutes
  • 10Gibbs-White
  • 21KouyatéSubstituted forO’Brienat 66′minutes
  • 20Johnson
  • 25DennisSubstituted forAwoniyiat 79′minutes

Substitutes

  • 4Worrall
  • 5Mangala
  • 9Awoniyi
  • 11Lingard
  • 13Hennessey
  • 14O’Brien
  • 16Surridge
  • 30Boly
  • 32Lodi

Brentford

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Raya
  • 30Roerslev
  • 16Mee
  • 5Pinnock
  • 3Henry
  • 8JensenSubstituted forGhoddosat 86′minutes
  • 27JaneltBooked at 31minsSubstituted forOnyekaat 45′minutes
  • 10DasilvaSubstituted forCanósat 81′minutes
  • 19MbeumoBooked at 70minsSubstituted forM Jorgensenat 81′minutes
  • 11Wissa
  • 23Lewis-PotterSubstituted forDamsgaardat 60′minutes

Substitutes

  • 7Canós
  • 13M Jorgensen
  • 14Ghoddos
  • 15Onyeka
  • 24Damsgaard
  • 32Crama
  • 34Cox
  • 35Trevitt
  • 36Yarmolyuk

Referee:
Andre Marriner

Attendance:
28,869

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Brentford 2.

  2. Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Brentford 2.

  3. VAR Decision: Goal Brentford – Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford (Zanka).

  4. Own Goal by Zanka, Brentford. Nottingham Forest 2, Brentford 2.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.

  5. Attempt blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

  6. Attempt blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

  7. Offside, Brentford. Sergi Canós tries a through ball, but Zanka is caught offside.

  8. Attempt missed. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

  9. Attempt missed. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Neco Williams with a cross.

  10. Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge replaces Steve Cook.

  11. Attempt missed. Lewis O’Brien (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.

  12. Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Mikkel Damsgaard.

  13. Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sèrge Aurier with a cross.

  14. Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Mathias Jensen.

  15. Attempt missed. Sergi Canós (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yoane Wissa.

  16. Substitution, Brentford. Sergi Canós replaces Josh Dasilva.

  17. Substitution, Brentford. Zanka replaces Bryan Mbeumo.

  18. Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jesse Lingard replaces Remo Freuler.

  19. Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Emmanuel Dennis.

  20. Yoane Wissa (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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