Nottingham Forest picked up their first house win of the Premier League season because of Chris Wooden’s speculative long-range strike.
The 32-year-old’s fifth objective of the season lifted Forest as much as eighth place whereas winless Palace stay within the backside three.
Forest have been with out key playmaker Morgan Gibbs-White however managed to create loads of probabilities in an open and entertaining recreation.
However the way in which to objective nonetheless proved elusive till Wooden fired in a shot from 25 yards and former Forest goalkeeper Dean Henderson was unable to maintain it out.
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“We wanted a house win and we’ve bought it,” Wooden stated on Sky Sports activities.
“It’s nearly being constant for us. We’re wanting good and we confirmed that we’ve got a full squad who can compete.
“As a striker you must preserve going as a result of there might be an opportunity across the nook.”
Palace, who left final season’s prolific ahead Jean-Philippe Mateta on the bench till the 66th minute, matched Forest’s haul of 20 photographs on objective however once more drew a clean regardless of hitting the woodwork twice.
They’ve failed to attain in any respect in half of their eight matches, with Eddie Nketiah nonetheless in search of a primary league objective for the membership.
Palace’s failure to win within the first eight video games of a season is a primary for them for the reason that first 12 months within the Premier League – and so they have been relegated in 1992-3 on objective distinction.
‘We don’t rating objectives’
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner talking to Sky Sports activities: “We’re all annoyed and disapppointed and as at all times one or two conditions resolve the sport. In the intervening time it goes in opposition to us, however that is the time we’ve got to get via it collectively.
“I noticed the group combating from the primary to the final second, we created probabilities, hit the put up twice. In the intervening time we don’t rating objectives and we’ve got to be trustworthy. No objective in the present day, no objective v Liverpool, no objective v United, and if you happen to play like this it’s troublesome to win.
“We make one mistake and we get punished. That’s the state of affairs we’re in. However the one guys that may flip it round are this group.”
