Palace 1 Forest 1: Visitors Cl Race Blow as hosts close to the 1st 50-PT season ever

The sinking of Nottingham Forest continues – but their fate of the Champions League remains in their nervous, sweaty palms.

The forest of Nuno Espirito Santo started April in the third and 10 points free of the sixth, and dared to dream of welcoming Europe’s big dogs to their beloved city.

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But last night away to Crystal Palace With just one victory of their last five Prem-Outjes-Murillo’s 64th minute, she sees film that Ebereechi Ebeechi’s VAR-Kurkroonde penalty cancels on the hour sign.

Forest is now in the sixth and two points in fifth place Chelsea and fourth place Newcastle With three more games.

That epic confrontation on the last day against the blues still leaves Forest control over their own destination, which requires the campaign to be a perfect end to the campaign to relegate Leicester and Getaway West ham.

There is also the added ingredient of the Londoners of Enzo Maresca who visits St James’ Park This weekend.

But it should never have come up with this, and Forest is only blaming for it to almost slide it.

Oliver Glasner’s Palace, with a Fa -Cup Final to look for later this month, only four points are shy for their best Prempoints counting, and could have been even closer thanks to a sizzling display of Eze-Fresh of winning £ 15k in an online chess tournament last week.

But this was all about forest and their ability to check out of nowhere.

Nuno made a tactical switch from the 2-0 defeat from Thursday at home to BrentfordDropping Ryan Yates and Ibrahim plagued his first Prem starts since August due to injuries.

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The other change was enforced-the hamstring problems of Callum Hudson-Odoi who push Elliot Anderson Fill in from Wide and Nicolas Dominguez.

Palace went with the same XI that was battered Aston Villa At Wembley in the FA Cup semi -finals last month, and Selhurst Park did its best to meet that atmosphere in southwestern London.

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In reality, the nerves of Forest had the energy of their legs from the start. The hosts could smell that fear and hesitation. A bombing of the box of the forest with different angles one after the other let the boys from Nuno scramble to a breathing break.

The FA Cup finalists are having fun, maybe a bit too much like Tyrick Mitchell Almost passed his own keeper when he dealt with a long ball, but for an acrobatic reaction head Dean Henderson.

With a place between the best on the line in Europe, Forest was an alarming level. Palace also lacked intensity and quality, but at least they had an excuse to have Wembley an eye on.

When he had to win, Forest played as a team terrified to lose.

Palace spoke in life in the 34th-minute-Sarr, with Mitchell’s Looping Back-Post Cross Forcing Matz Sels In his first rescue.

Variety Could have followed things with Chris Woods who had taken a tumbling in the box in Daniel Munoz’s box five minutes before the break, but referee Andy Madley could play the shortest checks.

Nuno’s half-time speech could have been as different as Anthony Elanga Finish a nice movement with Dominguez and wood instead of shooting directly on Henderson – classic opponent from behind.

Not one for throwing tea cups in changing rooms, Nuno now needed his side to throw the sink at their opponents looking for a goal that is worth it Champions League football.

Wood should have delivered it in the 50th minute through another counter with a composite touch in the box to see how his effort is just wide wide from the inside of Lacroix’s leg.

Nuno sank on his knees. A huge moment, especially as seconds before Sels SARR had denied the other side.

The drama went on. Sarr’s Briljante Kruis Koos Mitchell in the six-year box and the Eagles Full-back was eliminated by Dominguez and then by Sels.

Madley waved away, but a VAR check was inevitable. The monitor confirmed the worst fears of the forest with booked sels and Eze stood over the penalty.

His finish was emphatically – his tenth in all competitions. His stuttered run -up had forest players around Madley, more out of desperation than something else.

Forest responded quickly and with a huge piece of luck when Nico Williams’ driven effort was helped from the reach by a lost Murillo leg.

Palace pushed in the dying moments when the forest withdrew.

Maxence Lacroix just passed. Eze curled one on the bar from 25 meters and Eddie Nketiah Had a goal excluded for offside in injury time to send Nuno’s nerves to overdrive.

Forest lives, but there is really no room for errors anymore.

However, Palace is now only four points shy to break the 50-point barrier in the Premier League for the first time.

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