The Nottingham forest suffered a hard blow in its push for a return to the Champions League after decades while Brentford came out of the city of the city with a 2-0 victory on Thursday. A third defeat in four games, gracked the goals from Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa, leaves the twice European champions outside the top five of the Premier League with only four games to play. Liverpool has already won the Premier League and Arsenal, second, has a comfortable cushion, but only five separate points in Newcastle, Newcastle third of the seventh Aston villa.
This season, the first five will all qualify for the Champions League after solid performance in Europe of the Premier League teams.
Not since 1980, under the former manager Brian Cloud, played Forest in the best club competition on the continent, then as a double champion.
But after a season spent largely in the upper part of the Premier League, they suffer from a major slip at the worst possible moment.
Despite the defeat, Forest has 60 points, just two behind Newcastle, with Manchester City, Chelsea and Villa also in the mixture.
Brentford, themselves to continue a European place after a good season, took a positive start, dominating possession against the Nuno Espirito Santo team during a sweet evening in May.
They almost took the lead in the 17th minute when Sepp van den Berg put his head to a free kick from the right, but he planted his head too close to goalkeeper Matz Sels.
Forest, who made an artistic form of explosion of the break, resumed the complete blood competition.
– Forest of wading
Midfielder Elliot Anderson produced the first effort of the local team on Target with five minutes to play in the first half, but his tamed effort did not disturb the goalkeeper Mark Flekken.
But it was Brentford pierced at the dawn of half-time when Nathan Collins pulled a long ball in the middle to find Schade.
The Germany striker did not control the ball at the start, but the defender of the Ola Aina forest stumbled and Schade had a simple finish.
The players faced rains at the start of the second half and the forest dominated the ball in the early stadiums.
Anthony Elaga ran early on the left and produced a net shot that Flekken has pushed back.
The top scorer Chris Wood directed the crossing of Aina in the 65th minute while the pressure of the forest rose.
But Brentford silenced the crowd at home when Wissa doubled her advance with 20 minutes to follow another long ball.
Flekken’s stroke was authorized to bounce back and Wissa exceeded Nikola Milenkovic, before the coldly wide salts.
Nuno made a burst of substitutions, but at low effect when Brentford closed the game impressively.
The defeat is a bitter disappointment for the forest, but a major boost for Brentford in their own desire to qualify for European football next season.
The three points raise the bees to only one point behind Bournemouth, 10th place and on the right track for their highest level of Premier League.
Thomas Frank’s team finished ninth in the 2022/23 campaign before slipping into a 16th finish last season.
Forest’s remaining devices are against Crystal Palace, Leicester, West Ham and Chelsea.
Their season threatens to end with a groan after its defeat in the FA Cup semi-finals in City on Sunday.
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