Forest boost Premier League survival chances by stunning woeful Chelsea

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Taiwo Awoniyi heads Nottingham Forest in front in their Premier League clash with Chelsea.

The marking from the Chelsea defence was non-existent and, after Enzo Fernandez struck a post as the home side scrambled for a response, there was more dreadful defending, with Malo Gusto pulling Awoniyi's shirt in the box to hand Igor Jesus the chance to double the lead on 15 minutes.

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Igor Jesus scores a penalty to double Nottingham Forest's lead in their Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Chelsea had their own opportunity to score a penalty just before half-time when there was a nasty clash of heads between Forest defender Zach Abbott and Blues Premier League debutant Jesse Derry, but Cole Palmer saw his spot-kick saved by Matz Sels.

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It was just the second Premier League penalty he's failed to score in 20 attempts but the circumstances were difficult. After almost 10 minutes of treatment on the pitch, Derry had to be stretchered away and taken to hospital for precautionary checks.

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Matz Sels saved Cole Palmer's penalty in Nottingham Forest's Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Levi Colwill came on for his first Chelsea appearance of the campaign at half-time, having overcome the ACL injury he suffered on the first day of pre-season. But there was also a significant triple change from Forest, with Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson and Nikola Milenkovic sent on.

Pereira's call to introduce his big names looked inspired when Anderson played through Gibbs-White to tee up Awoniyi for Forest's third seven minutes into the second half.

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Taiwo Awoniyi gives Nottingham Forest their third goal in their Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Awoniyi was narrowly onside. Joao Pedro was spotted to be narrowly offside by VAR when he thought he'd pulled one back for Chelsea on 73 minutes.

The Brazilian did eventually get on the scoresheet with a brilliant overhead in stoppage time. But it was about the only thing that went right for Chelsea, on a day where everything turned to gold for Pereira and Forest.

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Joao Pedro ended Chelsea's nine-hour goal drought with a stunning overhead kick in their Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest.

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