Ange Postecoglou’s future at Nottingham Forest seems more and more bleak after his profligate aspect slumped to a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea.
Postecoglou watched his aspect waste a bunch of probabilities as his look forward to a primary win as Forest supervisor goes on, a global break wherein there was significant speculation about his potential sacking, doing nothing to enhance the hosts’ fortunes.
His counterpart Enzo Maresca watched from the stands as he served a one-match touchline ban, however a trio of half-time adjustments turned a sport wherein they initially struggled to realize a foothold of their favour.
Two objectives within the area of three minutes settled the competition, Josh Acheampong’s first objective for the membership adopted by a free-kick from the instrumental Pedro Neto, with Reece James marking his two hundredth look for the membership with an 84th-minute objective.
Chelsea transfer inside two factors of Premier League leaders Arsenal, whereas Forest are nonetheless only a level above the relegation zone forward of the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.
Chelsea survive Forest’s quick begin
Taiwo Awoniyi’s scuffed effort when by way of on objective set the tone for an additional irritating afternoon for Forest.
Morgan Gibbs-White twice fired off-target after Chelsea misplaced the ball in their very own half, with the Blues uncharacteristically sloppy within the first-half absence of midfielder Moises Caicedo, who was named on the bench as a part of three adjustments from the win over Liverpool by Maresca.
There was a harbinger of what was to come back when Andrey Santos wasted a gilt-edged probability for Chelsea late within the first half, although that will be his final important involvement within the sport.
Blues punish Postecoglou
Santos was withdrawn as Maresca shuffled his pack, with Romeo Lavia and Alejandro Garnacho additionally withdrawn as Caicedo, Marc Guiu and Jamie Gittens coming into the fray.
And that call by Maresca paid emphatic dividends because the Blues quickly gave Forest a mountain to climb.
Acheampong rose to go Chelsea in entrance after Neto acquired down the left wing and produced an excellent cross following a free-kick.
Neto then turned goalscorer, albeit with an enormous serving to hand from Sels, who may solely assist a well-struck free-kick on its means into the bottom-left nook following Morato’s foul on the sting of the realm.
Joao Pedro went shut to creating it 3-0 earlier than Neco Williams missed a sitter simply after the hour mark. Nikola Milenkovic was then denied by Robert Sanchez, with Ibrahim Sangare firing over on the rebound.
Forest’s day was summed up when Igor Jesus hit the crossbar and the put up from point-blank vary, and the sport was put past doubt by James after the hosts did not clear a nook.
Malo Gusto was despatched off for a second yellow card three minutes later, however that was solely a footnote as Chelsea condemned Postecoglou to an eighth sport with out a win as Forest boss.
