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Commentary

2¹ RETEGUI's shot was well held by the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper. 8¹ A refined cross from DANI OLMO was tapped goalbound by GUERREIRO only for FLEKKEN to palm clear. 9¹ AKTÜRKOGLU was put clear by LUKEBAKIO and he turned the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post. 12¹ SZYMANSKI snapped at a simple chance. 21¹ GOAL!! A long ball from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC had the Nottingham Forest defence back-pedalling and MONTIEL made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra) 26¹ A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. 34¹ The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from VANDERSON fell just over. 36¹ A perfect shot from MONTIEL was dealt with by a good stop from FLEKKEN. 38¹ GOAL!! An outswinging corner was nodded clear only for RETEGUI to blast the ball home. (1-1) 39¹ Uncertainty in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled MORATA to thump an effort wide. 43¹ GOAL!! A perfect ball from LUKEBAKIO left SZYMANSKI in the clear, he made the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to RETEGUI to score. (2-1 Nottingham Forest) 1² GOAL!! A quick-witted MORATA pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-2) 6² EN-NESYRI rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post. 7² A weak strike from VANDERSON rolled agonisingly wide. 9² A good ball from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC on the right fell to MORATA who scuffed his shot wide. 17² GUERREIRO shot wide. 21² A accurate pass found EN-NESYRI and his right foot effort went narrowly wide. 26² EN-NESYRI headed over the bar. 29² EN-NESYRI waltzed round DANI OLMO and rifled a weak shot over. 32² XHAKA booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box. 43² GOAL!! A short corner was played out to RETEGUI who shot the ball into the net. (3-2 Nottingham Forest) 44² A penalty box scramble resulted in MORATA knocking the ball wide.

Nottingham Forest   League position: 2 Home league form: XWWO Overall league form: WXLWWWWO Formation: 4-1-3-2

Line-ups Mark FLEKKEN 7  1 6  Janis BLASWICH VANDERSON de Oliveira 7½ 2 7  Gonzalo MONTIEL ANGELIÑO 7½ 3 8  Raphaël GUERREIRO (c)Scott McTOMINAY 7½ 4 7½ Granit XHAKA(c) Alessandro BUONGIORNO 7  5 7½ Stefan DE VRIJ ALEXSANDRO Victor 6  6 6  Abdou DIALLO Dodi LUKEBAKIO 7  7 7  CARLOS SOLER Barragán Kerem AKTÜRKOGLU 6½ 8 7  DANI OLMO Youssef EN-NESYRI 8  9 7  Álvaro MORATA(p) (f)Sebastian SZYMANSKI 6  10 7  Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC(f) (p)Mateo RETEGUI 7  11 6½ Callum MARSHALL James McGowan Manager FRAN GARCÍA    12    Yannick CARRASCO Marcin BULKA    13    Bernd LENO HUGO DURO Perales    14    CAIO Henrique Francisco EVANILSON    15    Emile SMITH ROWE DIEGO López    16    Andrea PINAMONTI

Crewe Alexandra   League position: 11 Away league form: XWLW Overall league form: LXWWWLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Nottingham Forest 3 Crewe Alexandra 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 61,468, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Roger Freestone 7½) Retegui 38¹, Retegui 43¹, Retegui 43² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Montiel 21¹, Morata 1²             5 3 12 8 10 5 7 5 9 8 16 13 4 3 43% 57% ¶ Man of the match: Youssef En-Nesyri ¶