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Aina, Awoniyi shine as gallant Forest lose to Chelsea in five-goal thriller
Super Eagles duo of Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi were in action for Nottingham Forest in their 3-2 defeat to Chelsea in a Premier League clash on Saturday night.
Mykhaylo Mudryk had opened the scoring in the 8th minute for Chelsea before Forest netted two goals through Willy Boly in the 16th and Callum Hudson-Odoi on 74 minutes.
Forest had most of the ball and appeared to be overpowering Chelsea.
But the Blues made a key change as they brought in Raheem Sterling, who made a power finish in the 80th minute to boost his side’s morale.
Two minutes after the equaliser, Nicolas Jackson netted the winner with a fine header to seal a big win for the Blues.
Forest missed the chance to secure Premier League safety but they go to relegated Burnley on the final day upper Sunday, while 18th-placed Luton Town host Fulham.
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Earlier in the day, Manchester City climbed to the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 victory over Fulham.
With two games left, they are near clinching the title. Second-placed Arsenal are however fully in the contest, and hoping for results to go their way.
Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Burnley 2-1 to condemn them to relegation.
West Ham defeated Luton 3-1, Wolves lost 3-1 to Crystal Palace, Bournemouth lost 2-1 to Brentford, Everton pipped Sheffield United 1-0, while Newcastle and Brighton played a 1-1 draw.
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