Fulham scored three times in five minutes to produce one of the comeback football results of the weekend in the Premier League. Taiwo Awoniyi opened the scoring in the 11th minute before Tosin Adarabaiyo equalized in the 54th minute. Palhinha gave the visitors the lead in the 57th minute before Harrison Reed doubled their advantage in the 60th minute. Lewis O’Brien scored a consolation goal for the hosts in the 77th minute.
Player ratings
Nottingham Forest: Henderson (6), Williams (6), Cook (5), McKenna (6), Boly (5), Lodi (6), Yates (7), Gibbs-White (6), Freuler (6), Johnson (6), Awoniyi (7).
Subs: Lingard (6), Worrall (6), O’Brien (7), Surridge (6), Dennis (n/a).
Fulham: Leno (7), Tete (7), Adarabioyo (7), Diop (6), Ream (7), Reed (8), Palhinha (8), Pereira (7), Willian (7), Decordova-Reid (7), Mitrovic (7).
Subs: James (6), Cairney (n/a), Carlos Vinicius (n/a), Kebano (n/a).
Man of the match: Joao Palhinha
Managers Reaction
Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper said: “I think a lot of it is self-inflicted. I don’t think we can just say things aren’t going our way. We just aren’t managing to concede the first goal very well. We want to keep a clean sheet, but when we do concede a goal we aren’t settled enough after it and there’s been a few occasions now where once one goes in, we look vulnerable and that was the case tonight.”
Fulham boss Marco Silva said: “We were the best team on the pitch and we deserved the three points. After their first goal, we took control of the match. What a start to the second half. With the intensity, we were much quicker and more dynamic as a team. I just told them to increase to be aggressive on the ball and we did it. It is a fantastic feeling for us, even if in the last few minutes we suffered a little bit. They didn’t create chances, but with the second goal, they got a little bit of belief.”
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