Nottingham Forest 4-1 Burnley: City Ground relishes Morgan Gibbs-White hat trick, relegation relief
A Morgan Gibbs-White hat trick delivered a 4-1 comeback win for Europa League-semifinalists Nottingham Forest against Burnley at the City Ground on Sunday. Burnley led 1-0 through Zian Flemming and threatened to put a few more kernels of hope in their safety plan, but relegation is now almost-certain after Gibbs-White's second-half trio of goals. WATCH — Nottingham Forest v Burnley full match replay Igor Jesus also scored for Forest, who pull five points clear of the bottom three and 16 past 19th-place Burnley.
The Clarets are 12 points adrift and can only claim 15 more points, with Manchester City next on their docket. What’s next? Forest go to Sunderland at 3pm ET Friday, then host Villa on Thursday, April 30 in the first leg of their UEL semifinal.
Burnley host Manchester City at 3pm Wednesday, then go to Leeds on Friday, May 1 Nottingham Forest vs Burnley final score: 4-1 Zian Flemming 45+2', Morgan Gibbs-White 62', 69', 77', Igor Jesus 90+8' Nottingham Forest vs Burnley live updates — by Nick Mendola Igor Jesus goal — Nottingham Forest 4-1 Burnley There's a host of Forest trees chasing Igor Jesus after he's released by Nicolas Dominguez on the counter. He gets close enough to a charging Dubravka before nestling a passed finish inside the post. Burnley subs Jaidon Anthony goes off, as do Flemming and Florentino Luis.
Into the fray are Loum Tchaouna, Armando Broja, and Josh Laurent in the 84th minute. Morgan Gibbs-White hat trick goal — Nottingham Forest 3-1 Burnley Ryan Yates chops a desperation cross from near the corner flag toward the top of the 18. Gibbs-White climbs and somehow heads all the way across goal for 3-1.
Morgan Gibbs-White goal — Nottingham Forest 2-1 Burnley Omari Hutchinson drives down the right side and spins a cross over a sea of players to the back post. Gibbs-White is going to need technique and he has it in good supply with a terrific volley to make it 2-1 in the 69th minute. Sels again Lyle Foster gets space to snap a left-footed volley from close range but Sels slaps it out for a corner kick in the 65th minute.
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