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Forest lose points in Champions League race after draw at Palace
Published on May 6, 2025
By IANS
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- LONDON — Nottingham Forest dropped more points in the race for UEFA Champions League qualification as they drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
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- The draw leaves Forest in sixth, two points off the top five with three games remaining, while Palace stay in 12th.
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- Eberechi Eze opened the scoring for Palace from the penalty spot, but Forest ignited a quick response through Murillo to leave Selhurst Park with a share of the points.
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- After a cagey opening 25 minutes, Forest’s first chance fell the way of Elliot Anderson, whose effort hit the side-netting after he was picked out at the far post by Morgan Gibbs-White’s cross, Nottingham Forest reports.
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- Forest’s best chance of the first half came not long after when a quick break saw Chris Wood play in Anthony Elanga, but former Reds shot-stopper Dean Henderson made a fine save from close-range to keep the scores level before half-time.
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- 10 minutes after the restart, the game began to intensify. First, Matz Sels made a superb low save to keep out Ismaila Sarr inside the Forest area, then another quick counter-attack culminated in Wood’s close-range attempt crucially deflected behind by Maxence Lacroix to deny the striker a 20th goal of the season.
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- On the hour, Palace were awarded a penalty when Sels was adjudged to have tripped Tyrick Mitchell inside the area. After a VAR check, the spot-kick was given, with Eze finding the bottom corner for 1-0.
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- Forest weren’t to be behind for long however, with Neco Williams keeping a corner alive and firing a shot towards goal which was diverted into the far corner by Murillo for 1-1.
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- Both sides looked to capitalise in a tense final quarter of an hour, with Palace thinking they had found a winner, only for Eddie Nketiah’s close-range finish to be ruled out for offside.
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