goal from Chris Wood And Morgan Gibbs-White gave Nottingham Forest A 2-0 win Everton A second high should be reached on Sunday Premier League After another great performance away from home.
The win took Forest, who struggled with relegation for most of last season, to 37 points after 19 games. They are five points behind the leaders LiverpoolThose who have two games in their hands and mouth West Ham United Later on Sunday.
Aranya is ahead of third place ArsenalThose aren’t in action again until New Year’s Day, and two are ahead ChelseaIf they can beat who can beat them Ipswich Town monday
Everton have started brightly Indian education Carved the heart of the Forest defense before firing a high shot over the bar in the sixth minute, creating the first chance of the game.
That positive opening ended abruptly when Chris Wood flicked in a long ball to give the visitors the lead on 15 minutes. Anthony Elanga counter attack
The winger took it back into his path, pulling Wood to deftly lift it on the advance Jordan Pickford and on the net.
Gibbs-White made it two on the hour mark as Wood saved a broken-down counter-attack by sliding the ball through him into the penalty area to cut inside and fire home.
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Everton did their best to shake the visitors from their shock, picking up four yellow cards during some tough tackles and the defender James Tarkovsky Sails closer to the wind with some challenges that could get him a second booking.
With Forest sitting back and protecting their lead, the Toffees enjoyed plenty of possession and registered 13 shots on target, but only two of them were on target as their four-match unbeaten run ended.
The combination of Wood’s physicality and the speed of the rest of the Forest forward line may have been too much for Everton, but goal-scorer Wood was not far behind his side’s high place in the league table.
“It’s great, but we’re not worried about it. We have to focus on what we’re doing and take it game by game,” he told the BBC.
“It was a hard-fought win today but a nice one… it’s about taking your chance when it comes, and luckily I was able to do that,” added the 33-year-old.
