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Leicester cop for a smattering of boos as the final whistle goes. Some local-derby frustration there. They gave Forest plenty to think about in the first half, but didnât show up at all for the second. Forest by contrast were excellent in both halves, and thoroughly deserved an ultimately comfortable victory. All of their goals were taken magnificently ⦠and though Leicester were also defensively at fault for all three, letâs take nothing away from a splendid all-round Forest performance. Chris Wood correctly named player of the match, though Elliot Anderson, Callum Hudson-Odoi and captain Ryan Yates should also be mentioned in dispatches. Nuno EspÃrito Santoâs side celebrate as they go fifth in the Premier League, for an evening at least. The Foxes remain in 14th spot, their two-match winning run coming to an end.
FULL TIME: Leicester City 1-3 Nottingham Forest
Forest are deserving winners of this big East Midlands showdown!
90 min +5: Milenkovic is booked for telling it as he sees it to the referee ⦠after his own side won a clock-draining free-kick. A completely pointless booking at this stage.
90 min +3: Aina skittles Justin 25 yards from goal, just to the left of the Forest box. Leicester load the mixer, and Buonanotte sends the free kick in. But itâs easily cleared by Forest, and Soumare is booked for cynically bringing down Awoniyi, who was about to send the visitors away on the counter.
90 min +1: The first of those additional minutes sees Awoniyi lash a shot into the side netting, and mascot-infused patter merchant Jamie Carragher name Chris Wood as the player of the match.
90 min: There will be seven added minutes.
89 min: Ayew is booked for a frustrated clatter into Silva. The resulting free kick is sent in from the right by Sosa, and Yates crashes a header off the right-hand post. Heâs flagged offside, correctly so, though in a parallel universe, the Forest defender is now celebrating a hat-trick. The small margins here and there.
88 min: The Forest fans are serenading their former boss Steve Cooper. The verb serenade doing quite a lot of heavy lifting there.
86 min: Fatawu hooks a cross in from the right. Easy for Sels, who has had nothing to do since the break. In fact, according to Sky, Leicesterâs only effort on target this evening has been Vardyâs goal. Thing is, they looked pretty good in attack during the first half. Just not enough threat at the sharp end.
85 min: ⦠apart from the ball, that is. Okoliâs poor pass out from the back allows Sosa a shy at goal. He drags it wide left.
84 min: Forest are seeing this game out confidently. Leicester are offering nowt.
82 min: Faes heads a Forest free kick behind for a corner. The set piece is eventually worked back to Sosa, who skies a dismal long-distance effort deep into the stand.
81 min: ⦠so thereâll be no hat-trick for Wood, because the two-goal striker is hooked for Awoniyi. The big man has been brilliant this evening.
80 min: Williams hares down the left after a long ball. A first-time delivery into the centre would tee up Wood for his hat-trick, but Williams strangely opts to check back instead and the attack peters out.
78 min: Dominguez is booked for a lazy clip on Soumareâs ankle.
77 min: Sosaâs first act is to nearly dribble clear down the inside-left channel. Forest look more likely to score a fourth than Leicester do to reduce their arrears.
76 min: Another double Forest change. Hudson-Odoi and Elanga make way for Silva and Sosa.
74 min: The corner leads to a game of head tennis. Forest are under a bit of pressure, but Faes clumsily clatters into Dominguez, and the whistle provides relief for the visitors. Faes using up a lot of moral credit in this second half.
73 min: Justin sprays a fine diagonal pass towards Fatawu on the right touchline. Fatawu wins a corner. Winks to send it in.
71 min: Forest respond to Leicesterâs double change with one of their own, replacing Anderson and Moreno with Williams and Morato.
69 min: A huge chance to wrap things up once and for all for Forest. A corner sent in from the right. Leicester fail to deal with it, and the ball drops to Yates six yards out. He simply has to score, but somehow blazes over the bar. Thatâs an astonishing miss.
68 min: Ayew and El Khannouss replace Mavididi and Pereira for Leicester.
67 min: Leicester need something quickly, and Buonanotte does his bit by winning a corner down the left. Fatawu to send it in. Itâs hit long. Buonanotte heads it back across goal but only into the arms of Sels, who hasnât had much to do since the restart.
66 min: Chris Wood now has six Premier League goals to his name this season. Only Erling Haaland, with ten, has more.
64 min: Leicester were the better team in the first half as well. But itâs Forest who have been miles better since the restart, and by far the more clinical. Adding injury to insult, Buonanotte takes a flailing hand in the face from Yates.
62 min: Faes always has a mistake in him, and that oneâs really hurt Leicester, this match having suddenly got away from them. The away fans now completely freed from desire.
GOAL! Leicester 1-3 Forest (Wood 60)
Itâs Wood again, and this one is straight from the 80s. Sels launches long down the middle. Itâs Faes versus Wood on the chase. Faes heads weakly back towards his keeper, with Hermansen in no-manâs land. Wood heads the dropping ball over the keeper and into the unguarded net. Yet another defensive nightmare from Leicesterâs point of view; yet another fine finish by Wood!
58 min: Aina advances down the right again ⦠and once more is dragged back by a cynical hand. Itâs Winks this time, and he goes into the book.
57 min: The Forest fans are currently in party mode. You know soccerâs song du jour by now.
56 min: ⦠and to illustrate that, Hudson-Odoi advances quickly down the inside-left channel, opens his body, and creams a curling sidefooter around Hermansen and off the base of the right-hand post. Anderson sends the rebound inches wide left. Leicester are suddenly holding on a bit here.
55 min: Aina crosses from the right. The ball drops at the feet of Anderson, who pearls a shot goalwards from the edge of the box ⦠but itâs blocked and cleared. Forest come again, though, Hudson-Odoi crossing long from the left. Elanga only just misses out at the far stick. Forest are looking dangerous every time they attack.
53 min: Buonanotte and Anderson both go down in an accidental collision. Thankfully both get back up after a fashion. We play on.
51 min: There was a small tug on Vardy, itâs true, but the striker got his feet in a tangle before going over, and that was never going to be awarded. Buonanotte blasts over from distance in frustration.
50 min: Mavididi pings a pass down the inside-left channel in the hope of releasing Vardy into the box. Itâs a bit overhit and Sels claims, though Vardy goes over, claiming to have been clipped by Milenkovic. He wants a penalty, but the refâs not interested, and neither is VAR.
49 min: That was an absolute belter by Wood. It was never going to end 1-1.
GOAL! Leicester 1-2 Forest (Wood 47)
This is such a simple goal from Forestâs point of view. Anderson picks up possession on the left and rolls infield for Wood, who has his back to goal on the penalty spot. Wood spins and dispatches a glorious shot into the bottom right. A delightful finish! But another possession cock-up on the part of Leicester, with Winks and Fatawu confusing each other to allow Forest to begin their attack.
46 min: Mavididi is booked for a cynical tug on the in-flight Ainaâs shirt.
Leicester get the second half started. No changes.
Half-time entertainment. Having mentioned former Leicester and Forest boss Matt Gillies in the preamble, Iâd be doing you a disservice if I didnât remind you of this typically lovely piece from our old pal Rob Bagchi. Enjoy, enjoy.
HALF TIME: Leicester City 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Leicester have been the better side, but thatâs not to talk Forest down. Both teams have shown plenty of attacking ambition and itâs been an entertaining end-to-end game. More please!
45 min +2: Mavididi cuts in from the left and bends one towards the bottom-right corner. Just wide, though Sels had it covered.
45 min +1: Buonanotte bombs down the middle and dinks a pass wide right for Vardy, whose cutback finds Fatawu, on the edge of the box. Fatawu canât get the ball under control for a shot. Shame, because that was a fine flowing move.
45 min: There will be two additional first-half minutes.
44 min: Buonanotte jinks his way down the left and cuts back for Mavididi, who canât turn the ball goalwards. Another attractive attack.
43 min: Mavididi tries to release Vardy down the inside left with a cute twirl and backflick. Not quite, but full marks for artistic ambition.
41 min: Moreno is booked for clattering Fatawu out on the right wing. Winks tries to wedge the free kick towards Vardy in the box, but his accuracy is way off this time.
40 min: Winks hits the corner long from the left. Sels comes off his line; he flaps and misses. Faes mistimes his effort to head the ball at the far stick; it comes off his back and then off Aina, but Leicester donât get another corner. Probably best that everyone forgets all about this, players, officials, the lot. Weâll say no more about it.
39 min: Buonanotte finds some space down the inside-right channel but canât find anyone with his cutback. Forest fail to clear their lines properly, and Fatawu is able to try again from the same flank. His deep cross is steered out at the far post by Moreno for a corner.
37 min: Nothing comes of the corner. âA very open and attractive game, this, with both sides looking to attack (for now at least),â notes Michael Cosgrove. âAdd to that the classic blue vs red shirts against a well-kept green pitch and Iâm a happy little bunny.â
36 min: Elanga witlessly bashes the free kick straight into the wall. But the reboundâs worked back to Hudson-Odoi, who pearls a shot towards the right-hand side of goal. Shades of his winner at Anfield. But Hermansen is behind it all the way and turns it around the post.
35 min: Elanga bursts down the middle with plenty of space in front of him. Heâs got an opportunity to send Hudson-Odoi clear to his left, but overcooks the pass, and the ball clanks out for a goal kick. But Pereira had also clipped Elanga from behind, and Forest get the free kick, 25 yards out in a central position. Dangerous. Pereira goes into the book, too.