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A second-string Nottingham Forest side took a major step towards Premier League survival by inflicting Chelsea’s sixth consecutive league defeat.<\/b><\/p>\n
Forest boss Vitor Pereira made eight changes with Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Aston Villa in mind, but two goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and another from Igor Jesus helped the visitors open a six-point gap over 18th\u2011placed West Ham in the relegation zone.<\/p>\n
Chelsea, meanwhile, scored a late consolation goal through striker Joao Pedro, narrowly avoiding an unwanted record of making it six league games in a row without scoring for the first time in the club’s history. <\/p>\n
Their dismal afternoon was summed up when Cole Palmer missed a first-half penalty after academy winger Jesse Derry, 18, suffered a serious-looking head injury on his first senior start.<\/p>\n
It was Chelsea’s first Premier League match since Liam Rosenior was sacked, with interim head coach Calum McFarlane – who guided the club to a 1-0 FA Cup semi-final win against Leeds United last week – taking charge for the first time at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
Forest needed just two minutes to take the lead, with Awoniyi left unmarked to head home after winger Dilane Bakwa beat Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella and delivered a nicely floated cross.<\/p>\n
The same Forest pairing combined again in the 15th minute to win a penalty. Awoniyi was pulled back in the area by Malo Gusto as he attempted to reach Bakwa’s cross, and Igor Jesus converted the resulting spot-kick straight down the middle. It came after a video assistant referee (VAR) check, with Gusto possibly lucky to have avoided a red card. <\/p>\n
Enzo Fernandez hit the post and Igor Jesus forced a good save at the other end, before Derry won Chelsea a penalty following a nasty head collision with Zach Abbott that led to a six-minute stoppage and both academy graduates being substituted. <\/p>\n
Palmer’s low penalty kick towards the corner was then saved by Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels at full stretch.<\/p>\n
Chelsea introduced striker Liam Delap for Derry and returning defender Levi Colwill at half-time, but conceded again seven minutes into the second half when Awoniyi tapped in substitute Morgan Gibbs-White’s low cross.<\/p>\n
Gibbs-White was later involved in another heavy clash of heads with Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, with both players forced off with their bleeding heads bandaged.<\/p>\n
Chelsea striker Joao Pedro also had a goal narrowly ruled out for offside late on, but then scored a spectacular overhead kick in stoppage time to end Chelsea’s more than 550-minute run without a league goal that stretched back to early March. <\/p>\n
Forest remain 16th but have significantly strengthened their survival prospects, while Chelsea stay ninth and 10 points adrift of the Champions League places – a target set at the start of the season.<\/p>\n
More to follow.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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