Nottingham Forest continued its push for an unlikely top-four finish with a comfortable 4-2 win at relegation-threatened Ipswich Town in the Premier League on Saturday.
Forest remained in third place on 54 points, five ahead of fourth-placed Chelsea, which has a game in hand and faces second-placed Arsenal on Sunday. Ipswich is in 18th place and nine points adrift of the safety zone.
Defender Nikola Milenkovic opened the scoring in the 35th minute before Anthony Elanga scored twice to send Nuno Espirito Santo’s Forest into the interval with a comfortable 3-0 lead.
Jens Cajuste scored to briefly give home fans hope in the 82nd minute but substitute Jota Silva added Forest’s fourth before George Hirst claimed a consolation goal for Ipswich in added time.
O’Brien scores in stoppage time to help Everton hold West Ham United to 1-1 draw
Jake O’Brien headed a last-gasp equaliser as Everton stretched its unbeaten Premier League run to nine games with a 1-1 draw against West Ham United in the ‘David Moyes Derby’ at Goodison Park on Saturday.
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Czech midfielder Tomas Soucek put the Hammers ahead in the 67th, curling the ball into the bottom-right corner after a pass from Jarrod Bowen.
O’Brien rescued the home side’s run from close range in the 90th after Everton had a first-half penalty decision overruled by VAR when a replay showed Beto had kicked the turf rather than being fouled.
Saturday was the first time the clubs had met since manager Moyes returned to Everton, the team he had led from 2002-13, in January after leaving West Ham at the end of last season.
The draw left both sides level on 34 points and with little left to play for other than bragging rights, seemingly safe from relegation but far from any prospect of Europe.
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