premier league,
Round 6
Crystal Palace
CRY
Nottingham Forest
NO
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place
- Selhurst Park
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referee
- Peter Banks
Daichi Kamada 41′
Jefferson Lerma 45+4′
Jeremy Pino 59′
Dan Ndoye 3′
Nottingham Forest Manager Oliver Glasner suffered a miserable first return to Selhurst Park as his side were beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
Dan Ndoye gave the visitors an early lead and dominated much of the first half. However, goals from Daichi Kamada and Jefferson Lerma before the break overturned the tie.
Yeremy Pino then added a third just before the hour mark to ensure an unhappy reunion for Glasner, who led Palace to their first major trophies as the club lifted the FA Cup in 2025 and the Conference League a year later.
The result sees Palace leapfrog Forest into 12th place, while the Midlanders drop to 14th after winning just one of their first six league games this term.
Dominant but wasteful forest
For the first 40 minutes or so, it was a welcome return for Glasner. Ndoye pounced on an early error from Anan Khalaili before doubling a fine finish past Walter Benitez.
From there, traffic was one-way. Liam Delap should have doubled the lead when he somehow curled a short-range volley straight at Benitez with a wide open goal after Morgan Gibbs-White’s shot came back off the crossbar.
Delap squandered another good chance moments later, sending a header wide of the wrong post.
As is often the case, missed opportunities would be costly. Five minutes before the break, Kamada poked home to draw level completely against the run of play.
Then, after a good save from Matz Sels to keep out a ferocious drive from Tyrick Mitchell, Adam Wharton’s resulting corner was bundled in by Lerma to give the home side the momentum and, crucially, the lead at the break.
Palace extends the advantage
Palace’s impressive comeback was made even sweeter after the restart when Pino extended their lead in the 59th minute, after Jorgen Strand Larsen’s effort was initially parried by Sels.
The tables were turned soon after, when Wharton’s crawl pass found Pino’s head. The Spaniard nodded to Strand Larsen, but the forward was again denied by Sels.
At the other end, Benítez was called into action, again saving at point-blank range, this time from substitute Chris Wood.
It proved to be the last real action in a contest in which momentum swung wildly, but in the end it was the home side who came away with three vital points.
Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
Premier League table
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position 1, 2, 3, 4: Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
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position 5: Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
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position 18, 19, 20: Relegation – Championship
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