Chelsea claimed a narrow 2-3 victory against Nottingham Forest thanks to Nicolas Jackson’s header, MySportDab reports.
There was so much riding on the line as they needed to make something to enable them to get the needed result.
It was a beautiful game which saw Reece James coming back to make an assist to the winning goal which came late in the second half.
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The game started with both teams putting in the same efforts to try and see what they could make happen from kickoff.
Chelsea was quick to take the lead after a lovely through pass from Cole Palmer which saw Mudryk running through before finishing off the tie making it 0-1 in the 8th minute.
It wasn’t a one-sided game as Nottingham Forest did not waste time in making a comeback after a header from Willy Boly which made things 1-1 in the 16th minute.
However the goal was given fully as VAR had to check for possible offside when Morgan Gibbs-White delivered the cross, but nothing was found as the goal stood.
There was nothing more to play between both teams who carried on forward until the first half came to an end with Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea after 45 minutes of action.
There was so much both teams came into the remaining half to play as it was for them to make sure they made something happen after talks from their manager.
Nottingham Forest continued making sure they had Cole Palmer on lockdown so he could roam freely like he was supposed to with things going on.
Chelsea were stunned after a wonderful goal scored by Callum Hudson-Odoi which came in the 74th minutes making things 2-1 going forward.
It was looking all done but Raheem Sterling scored a stunner in the 80th minute and Moises Caicedo made the assist as things turned 2-2.
Reece James made sure he set Nicolas Jackson who finished off well in the 82nd minute making sure Chelsea held on fine to claim a 2-3 victory against Nottingham Forest which pushed level on points with 6th place Newcastle United.
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