He railed against militancy Sheffield Unitedbut prevailed 2-1 with a goal in the 90′ and golden scorer Chris Wood, celebrating its first victory in this year’s Premier League Nottingham Forest!
With its owner, Vangelis Marinakisbeing in the official ‘City Ground’ to watch the team’s first home game of the new season, Nottingham came in very strongly and were fortunate to take the lead in the first chance they created (3′), after a cross from Oriere and his flawless head Avonigi!
Clearly superior in the first half, the home side dominated possession and came close to a second goal through Johnson (32′) and Gibbs-White (45′), but saw Sheffield level at the start of the second half (48′) when The Hummer he sent the ball into the “window” of the home team with a fantastic deflected shot from outside the area!
With spirits high after the goal, the visitors took the initiative and had a chance to score again with Souza in the 53rd minute, while in the 56th minute Avonigi again sent the ball into the net but his goal was ruled out for offside. Clearly improved in the second half, Sheffield missed a huge chance in the 79th minute, with Turner heading home the winner in a tête-à-tête with Traore, before Nottingham finally got the win in the 90th minute, with Wood to take advantage of Aurier’s cross and “write” the final 2-1 with a beautiful header!
Thus, Nottingham celebrated their first win in this year’s Premier League, after losing 2-1 to Arsenal in the premier league, while Sheffield remained without a point in the first two matches.
The schedule for the 2nd matchday:
Friday (18/08)
Nottingham-Sheffield United 2-1
(3′ Avonigi, 90′ Wood – 48′ Hammer)
Saturday (19/08)
Fulham-Bradford (17:00)
Liverpool-Bournemouth (17:00)
Wolves-Brighton (17:00)
Tottenham-Manchester W. (19:30)
Manchester S.-Newcastle (22:00)
Sunday (20/08)
Aston Villa-Everton (16:00)
West Ham-Chelsea (18:30)
Monday (21/08)
Crystal Palace-Arsenal (22:00)
The next (3rd) matchday
Friday 25/8
Chelsea-Luton (22:00)
Saturday 26/8
Bournemouth-Tottenham (14:30)
Arsenal-Foula, (17:00)
Brentford-Crystal Palace
Everton-Wolves
Manchester United-Nottingham Forest
Brighton-West Ham (19:30)
Sunday 26/8
Burnley-Aston Villa (16:00)
Sheffield United-Manchester City
Newcastle-Liverpool (18:30)
Source: Sport Fm
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