Key occasions
82 min: Burnley sweep ahead in a transfer filled with poise and sophistication, however there’s no one on the top of Zaroury’s cross.
GOAL DISALLOWED! The rating stays: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Burnley
The VAR deems it to be a deliberate handball. Berge definitely didn’t imply to deal with it, in my view, but it surely definitely kissed the forearm of the massive Norwegian. That is a correct let off for Forest, and for McKenna specifically who took neither man nor ball and let Berge go.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-2 Burnley (Foster 77)
Berge beats McKenna to the ball, will get away from the Forest defence and cuts the ball again to Foster to faucet into an empty web. But VAR are going to verify this for a handball. It appears to be like just like the ball might need glanced Berge’s arm as he ran previous McKenna …
76 min: Koleosho comes off! He is changed by Tresor, who makes his Burnley debut.
75 min: Aina has been magnificent for Forest since switching to proper again, a lot in order that Koleosho has now switched to the suitable wing.
73 min: The sport is there for the taking for either side. Forest have definitely been the stronger within the final 20 however each aspect carry a recent risk with these subs.
70 min: Forest make modifications: Hudson-Odoi and Mangala off for Origi and Yaes.
I ought to have informed you about some Burnley modifications a couple of minutes in the past: Berge and Zaroury on for Gudmundsson and Amdouni.
67 min: “What a well taken goal by Hudson-Odoi,” emails Kári Tulinius. “A penny for the thoughts of Pochettino. He could use someone with his shooting ability.”
It does appear a fully mad payment to promote Hudson-Odoi for. He’s not been in nice kind, certain, however he’s 22! We all know the way gifted the boy is.
65 min: Forest are cooking on fuel now. Hudson-Odoi cuts in from the left, slips a go by means of to Gibbs-White, who finds a pocket of house contained in the field, smashes his shot goalwards. It hits Cullen on the arm, however there’s no means that must be a penalty. Not given, rightfully so.
63 min: VAR checks for each offside and handball in opposition to Awoniyi within the build-up, however the purpose stands! There’s little question that dropping Brennan Johnson was a blow, even for £47m, however not dangerous enterprise changing him with Hudson-Odoi for £5m.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-1 Burnley (Hudson-Odoi 61)
WHAT. A. GOAL. Hudson-Odoi picks the ball up on the sting, and curls essentially the most lovely shot in off the far submit! Right within the high nook, postage-stamp stuff. Wow.
59 min: Aina 1-0 Koleosho. The Forest man wins his first duel in opposition to the Burnley winger, tackling cleanly earlier than profitable a free kick for the house aspect.
57 min: Better from Forest, who’re making use of strain with out creating clear-cut possibilities. Cullen is doing a superb job of firefighting round Burnley’s field, snarling and blocking and tackling his aspect out of bother.
55 min: Chance for Mangala! From a Forest nook, the ball falls to the Belgian however he can’t fetch it from beneath his toes and the shot is scooped over.
53 min: Montiel is hooked! That’s a smart name from Steve Cooper. Aina will to go proper again, Tavares comes on at left again. Montiel will get an honest reception as he jogs again to the bench however the Argentinian was run ragged by Koleosho. Let’s see if Aina can do any higher.
50 min: Koleosho continues to embarrass Montiel, who is unquestionably near being hooked. Koleosho sends the World Cup winner to the retailers earlier than chopping again to Amdouni, however the Swiss ahead’s shot is blocked.
48 min: Not the primary time Burnley have had a lead within the Premier League this season, however their early benefit at Spurs didn’t final lengthy. Twelve minutes to be actual, earlier than Son Heung-min scored the primary purpose of his hat-trick as Tottenham romped to a 5-2 win. Burnley look much more composed right here. They are calmly retaining possession and Forest are getting sucked in to challenges they shouldn’t be making.
Peeeeep!
We’re underway once more. Stuart Broad, a Nottingham boy in fact, and Jimmy Anderson have been on the pitch at half-time, waving and smiling and so forth. Why not.
Half-time studying:
Half-time: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Burnley
Koleosho is the star of that first half. If issues stick with it like that, we might nicely see a second yellow card for Montiel.
45 min: Two minutes added on right here. Elanga drives by means of the center however his shot at Trafford is weak. Forest must regroup on the break.
43 min: Burnley have been fully outplayed for the primary half an hour, however have been the stronger aspect since. What an enormous three factors this may very well be. A protracted solution to go, although.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Burnley (Amdouni 41)
What a wonderful purpose from Amdouni! Koleosho has been Burnley’s largest risk tonight, and he proves the distinction right here. The teenager burns down the left flank with searing tempo, flies previous Worrell to the byline and cuts again in the direction of the penalty spot. Foster takes a swing however can solely get a minor contact, however Amdouni is there on the sting of the field to volley the ball first time into the nook. An unerring end! Turner had no likelihood.
37 min: Corner to Forest, clipped to the again submit the place Sangare is certainly one of three gamers in pink lurking unmarked. The ball comes by means of a crowd of gamers, and misses all of the Forest attackers. Lucky for Trafford, who was pinned on his line.
36 min: The customary of Burnley’s set items has been stunning. Brownhill once more the responsible celebration.
35 min: Booking for Montiel, who has had a torrid time at proper again for Forest. He’s very late on Brownhill, and protests to the referee, but it surely’s a transparent yellow.
34 min: Burnley’s finest spell of the match to this point! Cullen does brilliantly down the left and flashes a superb low cross throughout the six-yard field, simply past Gudmundsson, earlier than Foster shrugs off Hudson-Odoi and crosses once more from the suitable.
32 min: Booking for Mangala! A harsh one at that, as after Burnley are awarded a free-kick, Brownhill boots the ball at point-blank vary at Mangala’s shins, and the Belgian is penalised for not retreating 10 yards. Mangala couldn’t do a factor about it!
31 min: Talking of goalkeeping, how about this from Bailey Peacock-Farrell, previously of Burnley and now of Leeds (on mortgage at Danish aspect AGF). Oooof.
29 min: And similar to that, Burnley almost rating! Elanga is caught in his half by Brownhill, Koleosho feeds Amdouni, who unleashes hell from 25 yards, a shot low and onerous into the nook. Turner dives to his proper and nearly turns it across the submit. Great save from the previous Arsenal man!
25 min: Kompany is hopping about his technical space like this Millwall fan yesterday (at dwelling to Leeds). His aspect are all at sea, and fortunate to not be behind.
23 min: Corner to Burnley. Rest chew for his or her defence. Brownhill floats his supply straight into the arms of Turner.
21 min: Gibbs-White, so usually Forest’s catalyst final season, skips previous Taylor down the suitable wing. He sprints into the field, cuts again on his left and loses his footing on the essential second! Burnley’s defenders recuperate, and the go is wayward.
18 min: An e mail from Richard Hirst (Nottingham pupil 1973-76) re my earlier touch upon Forest’s high tier midfield/assault.
“The actual top six, or the ‘entitled’ top six? You have to be clear in these days of Chelsea, Man Utd and Newcastle being …….. not in the top six.”
You are fairly proper, Richard. I meant the entitled high six, I assume. But nowadays that may very well be something from first to fifteenth. What I’m attempting to say is: Forest are good nowadays.
16 min: Burnley are hanging on. Beyer tries to dribble out of defence however is muscled off the ball by Awoniyi. Again the massive striker feeds Hudson-Odoi, who stings the palms of Trafford with a long-range shot. Tried to bend it into the close to submit, however Trafford ideas it away.
14 min: Back come Forest. They are throughout Burnley like a rash. Elanga turns nicely and feeds Hudson-Odoi with a slide-rule go. Another driving run into the field earlier than a intelligent in the reduction of finds Awoniyi, however a superb block from Al Dakhil retains the scores degree.
11 min: Booking for Trafford in Burnley’s purpose! The keeper labours over a purpose kick and referee Robert Jones will get his yellow card out! The officers are cracking down on time-wasting this season, however that does appear excessive. Kompany shouldn’t be impressed on the sidelines.
8 min: First actual involvement for Hudson-Odoi, who’s enjoying off the left with Elanga on the suitable. Hudson-Odoi drives at Roberts and will get just a few bums of seats along with his direct play however his cross is poor.
6 min: Lively begin from Burnley’s left winger, Koleosho, who has already skipped previous Montiel on a few events. The teenager is eligible to characterize the United States, Canada, Nigeria, and Italy, as he was born and raised within the United States to a Nigerian father and an Italian-Canadian mom. Oh, and he had a youth profession in Spain however represents Italy at youth degree.
4 min: Lovely flip from Foster, who skips away from Sangare in midfield, leaving the Ivorian for useless. Foster drives in the direction of Forest’s field and unloads a fierce drive straight at Turner.
2 min: Forest have arrange in a transparent 4-2-3-1. I’ve to say the entrance six of Mangala, Sangare, Elanga, Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Awoniyi is high tier. On paper, onerous to discover a higher midfield/ahead combo outdoors the highest six, for my cash.
Peeeeeeep!
We’re underway in Nottingham.
Both groups observe a minute’s silence for the victims within the pure disasters in Libya and Morocco. A selected poignant second for Anass Zaroury, a Morocco worldwide, on the Burnley bench tonight.
The groups are out! Nottingham come out of their Garibaldi pink, Burnley in what can solely be described as a terrible away shirt. Bile colored. Eeeeesh, who thought that up.
I used to be a pupil in Nottingham for 3 years, 2006-09, and spent many a day on the City Ground. Great metropolis, nice floor. The membership celebrates 125 years on the well-known stadium this yr.
Have seen loads of clips however fairly excited to observe Lyle Foster tonight. The Burnley ahead signed in January and has regarded actually full of life this season, scoring in opposition to Spurs and Villa. The South African spoke over the summer time about combating despair at his former membership in Belgium, Westerlo:
“I was in my apartment all by myself. I realised I just felt this huge sense of loneliness. I just used to try and go to training, play games and honestly the best thing to do at that time of my life was to go back home and sleep. There was no real excitement or looking forward to anything. That’s when I realised I was in some trouble and I panicked a little bit. I didn’t know what was going on or how to deal with it because it was the first time I was in a position like that.”
Foster has credited assistant supervisor Craig Bellamy with serving to him at Burnley.
“The position I’m in as a Burnley player, to be preparing for my first season in the Premier League is something I have dreamed of my whole life. I’m smiling again. I’m happy to be around my teammates and happy to be on the field. Thanks to the coach, Craig, who has been a massive help and the club as a whole, who have opened up and spoken to me about it.”
If final summer time’s enterprise was frenetic and maybe a bit scattergun, Forest appear to have received their eye on this time round. Just £5m for Callum Hudson-Odoi, £32m for the highly-rated Ibrahim Sangaré from PSV Eindhoven, plus Anthony Elanga, Matt Turner, Ola Aina, Andrey Santos, Divock Origi and Gonzalo Montiel all for comparatively modest charges or loans in in the present day’s market. It’s telling that so lots of the gamers they’ve signed are starters. The solely destructive was dropping Brennan Johnson to Spurs, however £47m definitely helps to steadiness the books.
Among all these new faces, it’s very heartwarming to see Joe Worrall continues to be on the coronary heart of Forest’s defence. His current wonderful performances are all of the extra spectacular understanding that he endured a household tragedy on the finish of August: Worrall’s uncle was the police sergeant, Graham Saville, who died after being hit by a prepare whereas attempting to save lots of a person in misery. The captain is enjoying for his boyhood membership, however shouldn’t be within the beginning XI on sentimentality. The 26-year-old is a effective participant and signed a brand new contract per week in the past.
The groups
Nottm Forest: Turner, Aina, Worrall, McKenna, Montiel, Mangala, Sangare, Elanga, Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Awoniyi.
Subs: Tavares, Kouyate, Wood, Santos, Dominguez, Niakhate, Yates, Vlachodimos, Origi.
Burnley: Trafford, Al Dakhil, Beyer, Taylor, Roberts, Gudmundsson, Cullen, Brownhill, Koleosho, Amdouni, Foster.
Subs: Cork, Rodriguez, Benson, Berge, Zaroury, Ramsey, Ndayishimiye,
Delcroix, Muric.
Preamble
Almost precisely a yr in the past, Nottingham Forest have been in a little bit of a pickle. Promoted to the Premier League simply a few months beforehand, that they had spent closely in the summertime – 21 new arrivals in complete – however after a nervy begin to the season, they’d spend September languishing close to the underside of the desk. Shortly afterwards, following his fifth straight defeat (a 4-0 defeat at Leicester), supervisor Steve Cooper was mooted for the sack. Forest would ultimately keep up, Leicester would go down. That’s soccer, people.
Burnley should not fairly in the identical state of affairs – supervisor Vincent Kompany nonetheless has the backing of (most) followers and there have been solely the 15 (!) new signings – however there are definitely similarities between the 2 golf equipment. Burnley are pointless from the primary three video games, however have had a troublesome begin (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Spurs): no one is ruling them out from Doing a Forest simply but.
In truth, their solely aggressive win of the season up to now is … a 1-0 win away at Forest within the League Cup. This isn’t the sexiest fixture of the weekend, but it surely might nicely be a cracker.
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST
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