Nottingham Forest 0-2 Brentford: Premier League – live reaction

It was not a great performance from Forest but they will rue the two defence lapses that gifted Brentford victory and put a huge dent in their Champions League ambitions.

90+2 mins: Plenty of shots of Forest fans with hands on heads.

90 mins: Ajer bundles over Williams on the edge of the box. The Brentford man is booked. Elanga takes aim with the free-kick but there are enough Brentford bodies in the way and they scramble clear.

Four minutes added on.

88 mins: Williams curls in a cross from the left but it goes over everyone and out for a goal-kick. The Forest fans are starting to head for the exits.

Brentford break quickly. The ball eventually reaches Mbeumo on the edge of the box but his shot flies inches over.

86 mins: Now or never for Forest … but their attack ends with a pointless offside.

Sosa is coming on for Yates.

84 mins: Kayode and Damsgaard are off for Brentford. Konak is from Batman in Turkey, which is great news for all involved.

82 mins: The noise has gone at the City Ground.

Brentford are plotting a double change. Ajer and Konak are being prepared.

80 mins: This would be four defeats in five for Forest. Not an ideal team to have a stutter. They have had plenty of the ball in the second half but without creating a chance of note.

78 mins: Norgaard recklessly takes down Yates on the byline. He is on a booking for England sees no reason to double that up. I am not sure why, as it is a yellow.

England books a member of the Forest backroom staff.

76 mins: Elanga takes aim from 25 yards, the shot bounces up in front of Flekken but he is not worried about that.

Gibbs-White and Aina are taken off. Jota Silva to right-back?

74 mins: Kayode finds space on the right, then cuts in onto his left foot and produces a truly dreadful shot that loops wide.

Jota and Sangare are being readied.

72 mins: This is turning out to be a deflating night for Forest. Time for Jota?

GOAL! Another long ball over the top. It is a punt down the pitch form Flekken, which Murillo fails to deal with in the first instance and then Milenkovic does nothing to stop the ball going through to Wissa, who does the rest.

Wissa goes through one-on-one and dinks a shot over Sels. Another defensive howler.

70 mins: Aina controls a pass on the right but then loses possession, sending the ball behind for a goal-kick.

Things are getting tense in the City Ground. Is Champions League football slipping away from them?

68 mins: Elanga gets round the back of the Brentford defence, finding space to head a cross back across goal but Collins whacks it behind.

Schade is coming off, Jensen the man replacing him.

66 mins: Brentford have a corner on the right. Mbeumo lines it up … but Gibbs-White wins the first header. Brentford work is back into the box and Mbeumo shoots from 16 yards, only to see his shot blocked.

64 mins: Aina sends in a fine cross that finds Wood at the back post but he can only direct his header wide.

Not 100% sure what the Forest formation is now. I think Gibbs-White has dropped deeper alongside Yates.

62 mins: Forest win a corner on the left. They have the added height of Awoniyi now and a front two! Nuno knows Forest need to win here. England is delaying the taking of the corner by speaking to everyone jostling in the box. The cross goes in and out of the box without a chance being created.

Williams is booked for a deliberate handball to stop a Brentford counter.

60 mins: Hey hey! I am a genius. Awoniyi is coming on. Is Nuno reading? Although, it looks like he will replace Anderson. Gibbs-White to move to the right?

58 mins: Forest enjoy a little pressure but it ends with Yates firing wide from 25 yards.

There is a VAR check for a potential penalty for Brentford after Schade goes down in the box. Nothing in it. We carry on.

56 mins: Wood has not looked the same since his injury. Is it worth giving Awoniyi a runout?

54 mins: Mbeumo darts down the right wing, then cuts in and shoots but Sels saves in front of the post.

Down the other end … Elanga defeats Kayode and then takes aim for the bottom corner, forcing Flekken into a good save, tipping the ball behind.

52 mins: Anderson fires in a lot cross from the left but it beats everyone and goes out for a goal-kick.

50 mins: Elanga gets to the byline and pings a cross into the centre, which is blocked by the goalkeeper.

The raining is really coming down. The gardeners of Nottingham will be pleased.

48 mins: Dominguez has gone out to the right and Elanga moved over to the left. I wonder why Nuno did not put Jota on for Hudson-Odoi. Interesting …

46 mins: In other news … it is raining in Nottingham.

Here we go again!

Brentford make a change as Henry replaces Lewis-Potter, while Dominguez comes on for Hudson-Odoi for Forest.

Half-time listening.

It’s been a very good, tight game and Forest will be kicking themselves over the goal, which was very much avoidable.

45 mins: Two minutes added on.

GOAL! Collins pings a ball 60 yards up the pitch, Forest’s centre-backs are asleep; Schade is allowed to take the first touch, although his control is poor, giving Aina a chance to clear but he slips and the Brentford forward sends his shot into the corner.

A defensive shambles gifts Schade the opener.

43 mins: Brentford get a corner on the right after Sels punches a long throw-in behind. Collins wins the header but Forest manage to clear before any damage is done.

42 mins: Norgaard is belatedly booked for a late challenge on Gibbs-White. We are up to five yellows in match, Brentford winning 3-2.

40 mins: Gibbs-White is looking a bit angry now. He wins the ball back and lays it off. Anderson receives the ball on the edge of the box and takes aim but Flekken gets down to easily save.

38 mins: Sky have some trendy graph which tells us that Brentford dominated early on and now Forest are in charge. I could also see that … with my eyes.

Yarmoliuk and Yates clash in the centre circle, leaving the Ukrainian very irked. The ref has a word with both and sensibly does not show any more cards.

36 mins: I am not sure what happened to the Dominguez substitution but he was certainly getting ready at one stage.

Hudson-Odoi is down after a Mbeumo foul. The Brentford man is booked but it’s not too bad. England likes a yellow.