Nottingham Forest have missed the opportunity to move to within two points of league leaders West Bromwich Albion in the Sky Bet Championship after falling to a surprise 1-0 home defeat to struggling Charlton Athletic this evening.
Lyle Taylor netted the only goal of the game in the first half to sink Sabri Lamouchi’s side, leaving them in fifth position and having played a game more than the two sides directly below them in the table.
Forest bossed the possession against Lee Bowyer’s side and created 17 efforts on goal but The Reds struggled with their accuracy, testing visiting keeper Dillion Phillips just twice.
After watching their side fail to take the opportunity to move into the automatic promotion places, Forest fans took to Twitter to give their views on a disappointing evening of action at The City Ground.
Losing today was far too predictable. Another 3 points down the drain and again, could have been prevented. #nffc
— Lucy (@lucy_kenyon) February 11, 2020
Honestly wonder how many times we had the ball and every single player just stood still offering nothing to whoever had the ball #nffc
— Cal🔴⚪️ (@nffccal) February 11, 2020
Making changes might not have been too bad, if the players coming in had been with us longer and played more. #nffc
— Andy Brown (@redbrowny31) February 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/dan__turner/status/1227360059505725441?s=20
I'm lost tonight
3 points would have been easier tonight than Saturday and we could of gone to WBA and scraped a drawWorse decision of the season that could ultimately cost our season #nffc
— Ian (@speedyred711) February 11, 2020
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Only Forest can go from magic to tragic in the space of 3 days 🤦♂️ #nffc
— Mark D (@rimmymendrix) February 11, 2020
A lot of talk about the changes but a bigger issue is that we’re 7 months into the season and still have no idea how to play against teams that sit off us #NFFC
— Greg (@canwenotknockit) February 11, 2020
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Tonight’s defeat now heaps pressure on Nottingham Forest in the automatic promotion race ahead of a trip to league leaders West Bromwich Albion on Saturday lunchtime. The Baggies could move further clear of Lamouchi’s side beforehand should they beat Reading at The Madejski Stadium tomorrow night.
West Bromwich Albion are aiming to complete a league double over Nottingham Forest after recording a 2-1 victory at The City Ground on the opening day of the season.