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Key occasions
79 min: Wilson is okay to proceed, and certainly goes into the grinch-like Anthony Taylor’s pocket book.
78 min: The candy child Kevin is withdrawn, and changed by one King.
76 min: Wilson stretches a leg throughout his Wales team-mate Williams in an try to dam deal with. He goes down in ache, holding his knee, which could have twisted upon influence. On comes the physio. Including insult to harm, referee Anthony Taylor hovers round, ready to e book him for the mistimed problem.
74 min: For all Forest’s endeavour on this second half, their xG remains to be solely 0.6.
73 min: Forest make a triple change, changing Gibbs-White, Jesus and Luiz with Awoniyi, Dominguez and McAtee.
72 min: Cairney fizzes a low shot in direction of the underside proper from distance. Victor suggestions across the put up. No nook, however then there was an apparent foul on Jesus by Andersen within the build-up, so it’s all in all probability for the perfect. Not precisely an officiating masterclass, although.
71 min: Murillo is booked for a late clatter into Tete.
69 min: Anderson miscontrols within the centre circle, permitting Lukic to snaffle and feed Wilson, who strokes a cross down the inside-left channel, releasing Kevin into acres. However not for the primary time this night, Kevin doesn’t again himself to energy goalwards and shoot, as a substitute dithering till Murillo comes throughout to hack clear. Talking of which, right here’s Simon McMahon: “It’s simply not Christmas till Kevin the cat who lives close to Mac Millings seems on the MBM, is it? Give him a deal with from me, received’t you Mac. Ideally turkey flavoured. Or (Ful)ham.”
67 min: Down the precise, Savona reaches a ball he had no proper to get to, and hooks brilliantly infield from the byline. Leno is on level to assert in his six-yard field with out fuss, although he’d have been put to the take a look at had anybody in a Forest shirt saved up with play. Savona is inside his rights to go searching at his team-mates and scream AW C’MON however doesn’t.
66 min: Cairney comes on for Berge.
65 min: Luiz dribbles elegantly down the center of the park. It appears like Tete clips him on the sting of the D, however referee Anthony Taylor waves play on. The carol the Forest followers break into just isn’t full of the same old festive bonhomie.
63 min: Hutchinson sashays in from the precise, previous a few people earlier than crossing low. Jesus miscontrols on the penalty spot, then fouls his man in an try and rectify the error. “I’m humbled that so lots of the MBM nice and good are in the home for Fulham,” chirrups Richard Hirst. “If we get Gary Naylor and Mary Waltz my pleasure will likely be unconfined … supplied we keep forward after all.”
62 min: Murillo works by way of some points by launching a fierce rising shot goalwards from 30 yards. Leno behind all of it the best way. Then one other wave of Forest assault, as Gibbs-White whistles a dipping diagonal proper to left, and inches large of the left-hand put up. Leno in all probability had it lined. Forest are a lot improved on this second interval.
60 min: Murillo thinks about advancing at velocity down the inside-left channel … solely to be stopped mid-gallop in a gloriously old style method by Tete’s completely executed, 101mph sliding deal with. The group loved that. One suspects Murillo, who takes no prisoners himself, grudgingly admired it too.
58 min: Anderson’s radar has been unusually wonky to date tonight, and now his try and launch Hutchinson down the precise sails harmlessly into the stand behind the objective. “The Difficult Christmas Bushes have but to mild up, wouldn’t you say?” quips Peter Oh with good comedian timing.
56 min: Berge is booked for cynical shove into the again of the in-flight Gibbs-White. “Oh, Scott!” sighs Mac Millings. “Simon McMahon’s Forty ninth-minute Kevin was the cat who lives on my road, foolish. However don’t fear: Kevin the cat additionally tends to misread emails from legendary MBM contributors, so you aren’t alone.”
54 min: Luiz whips a cross in from the precise. Simple for Leno. Then Hudson-Odoi has a whack. Andersen blocks. However Fulham certainly can’t carry on like this; precisely 50 p.c of the second-half motion so far has taken place of their ultimate third.
52 min: No, it’s hacked away by the primary man Lukic on the close to put up. “I used to be very completely happy to see Raúl Jiménez rating,” begins Kári Tulinius. “I don’t need to outline him by the worst factor that occurred to him, however I can’t assist however root for him ever since his horrific harm. I hope that he has a superb season and a World Cup for the ages subsequent summer season.” You’ll be happy to listen to, then, that Jimenez, having now scored all 11 of his Premier League penalties, joins Yaya Toure on the high of the 100% Penalty Success tree. Dimitar Berbatov is subsequent in step with 9 out of 9.
51 min: Forest have began this second half brightly, and now Hudson-Odoi wins a nook down the left. Luiz comes throughout to take it. Maybe rating straight from it?
50 min: A cross is available in from the Forest proper. Hudson-Odoi bicycles the ball spectacularly large left. He was miles offside, to be truthful.
49 min: Williams one-twos with Hudson-Odoi down the left and shoots from distance. Straight at Leno. “I end work for the vacations tomorrow,” begins Simon McMahon, “which leaves a lot time to get my Christmas purchasing completed, and for Royal Mail to ship all my parcels and playing cards in time for the large day, proper? Apologies upfront to my household in the event that they don’t arrive earlier than Thursday. This sport isn’t nice, however not less than it has the 2 basic Christmas names – Jesus and Kevin – to maintain us . Could the blessings of the season Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.” Simply checking: this Kevin you discuss with is Roman Roy’s brother, left in the home over the festive interval by himself, sure? Or the carrot from the Aldi advert?
47 min: Jesus powers his means down the inside-left channel, between Andersen and Cuenca, reaching a ball he had no proper to get. He flicks a shot over Leno but additionally over the bar.
Nottingham Forest get the second half began. No modifications.
Half-time leisure … although not essentially for Forest followers, who certainly received’t be completely happy on the prospect of their bitter East Midlands rivals being usurped because the worst workforce in Premier League historical past. However it’s on. Jonathan Wilson reviews.
HALF TIME: Fulham 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Fulham lead because of the profitable conversion of their first penalty kick of the season.
45 min +7: Jimenez follows Victor into the e book for stopping Williams taking a fast throw.
45 min +6: That was a splendidly taken spot kick, Jimenez giving Victor the eyes and successful that psychological duel with ease. It’s his third Premier League objective of the marketing campaign.
GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Jimenez 45+5 pen)
… stops his run-up a few occasions, earlier than whipping the ball into the underside left! Simply earlier than he did that, Victor was proven the yellow card for faffing round and additional making Jimenez wait.
45 min +4: A protracted look ahead to Jimenez as VAR checks first the penalty incident, then whether or not or not there was an offside within the build-up. The selections: sure, and no. Jimenez steps up, and …
Penalty for Fulham!
45 min +2: We should always get a shot on track quickly, as a result of Kevin comes jinking in from the left, nips previous Andersen, and tries to skip previous Luiz’s prolonged leg. He can’t do it, however the contact sends him tumbling, and the referee factors to the spot!
45 min +1: Fulham have taken eight photographs to date, Forest six. None of them on track.
45 min: There will likely be 5 further first-half minutes.
43 min: Hutchinson curls in viciously from the precise flank. Jesus can’t meet along with his head, six yards out, however the ball dips in direction of the underside left and Leno has to regulate rapidly and claw it across the put up. Nothing comes of the nook.
42 min: All of Fulham’s greatest work is down the left. Robinson once more advances, crossing for Jimenez on the close to put up. The ball’s a bit bit behind the striker, however he corkscrews his neck to slap a header into the facet netting. That wasn’t distant from the top-left nook, although you’d have requested questions had Victor allowed it in.
41 min: Milenkovic stands his floor as Smith Rowe tries to advance down the left. The 2 come collectively, the latter coming off worse. Milenkovic barely lucky not to enter the e book for his stubbornness.
39 min: Robinson once more finds area down the left. His low cross is deflected again to the sting of the field, the place Lukic tries to steer a first-time shot throughout a flat-footed Victor and into the underside left. However it’s all the time heading large. Once more, that’s higher from Fulham, and their xG has now zipped all the best way as much as the heady heights of 0.22.
38 min: … however that is higher from Fulham. Smith Rowe slips Robinson into area down the left with a cute diagonal cross from infield; Robinson’s cross is half-cleared, however Fulham come once more down the identical flank, Kevin nipping into the realm and seeing his shot deflected over the bar. Nothing comes of the set piece, apart from an immediately blocked Jimenez effort from the sting of the D.