West Ham 1-2 Nottingham Forest: Morgan Gibbs-White and Nikola Milenkovic strike to keep Champions League hopes alive

Nottingham Forest kept alive their hopes of Champions League football next season with a 2-1 Premier League win at West Ham United on Sunday as goals from Morgan Gibbs-White and Nikola Milenkovic kept them in touch with the top five.

Forest are seventh in the table on 65 points from 37 games, one point off the three teams currently placed third to fifth in the Champions League spots and level with Manchester City. 

Their last game is at home to Chelsea, who are fourth, next Sunday.

Gibbs-White settled the visitors’ nerves with an early goal after 11 minutes when he collected a stray pass from West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola to fire into an empty net. 

Forest kept pressing for a second and were rewarded just past the hour mark as Anthony Elanga‘s free-kick ended up in the net off the back of Milenkovic, before Jarrod Bowen smashed in a late consolation for 15th-placed West Ham, who have 40 points.

Gibbs -White capitalised on an error from Alphonse Areola to open the scoring early on

The Hammers goalkeeper gifted the ball to the home side, who made him pay for his mistake

Nikola Milenkovic doubled the scores in the second half to keep their top five hopes alive

Milenkovic was one of the standout performers as Forest picked up a vital three points 

Jarrod Bowen pulled one back for the hosts with a brilliant strike to make it a nervy finish

Bowen celebrates after halving the deficit with a lovely finish midway through the second half