Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Chelsea 1.

Nottingham Forest claimed a valuable point in their relegation fight with a deserved draw against Chelsea, who lost ground on the Premier League top four.
Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling volleyed home from five yards after Wily Boly had flicked a cross onto his own bar.
Forest attacked with vigour in the second half and Morgan Gibbs-White crashed a stunning strike off the bar.
Serge Aurier showed fine composure when he controlled the ball on his chest and volleyed home the equaliser.
Chelsea, who have now only won successive league games once under Graham Potter since he was appointed on 8 September, climb above Brighton into eighth but are seven points behind Manchester United in fourth.
Forest, who claim a point for the first time this season after going behind, move above Wolverhampton Wanderers into 18th and are only behind fourth-bottom West Ham United on goal difference.
Crowd drive Forest to result
In the first half Forest were keen to use the pace of Brennan Johnson in behind the Chelsea defence and he came closest for the hosts in a one-on-one with Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Despite falling behind early on the atmosphere at the City Ground built throughout the half, inspired in part by the crowd becoming frustrated by the performance of referee Peter Bankes.
Steve Cooper’s team then leapt out of the blocks after the break, with Johnson having an effort saved before Gibbs-White rattled the underside of the bar with a wonderful strike.
The runs of Johnson and Taiwo Awoniyi in the channels caused Chelsea problems throughout the game, but as has been the case throughout the season – they have only scored 12 goals in 17 league games – they lacked the necessary quality in the final third.
It took a superb piece of finishing from defender Aurier to earn them a point but with yet more additions likely to be on their way in the January transfer window and a vocal fan base that has helped them go unbeaten in six games in all competitions, they have a chance of survival.
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Nottingham Forest
Starting XI
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Squad number1Player nameHenderson
Average rating6.54
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Squad number24Player nameAurier
Average rating7.11
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Squad number4Player nameWorrall
Average rating6.62
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Squad number30Player nameBoly
Average rating6.93
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Squad number32Player nameRenan Lodi
Average rating6.58
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Squad number22Player nameYates
Average rating6.98
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Squad number23Player nameFreuler
Average rating6.70
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Squad number5Player nameMangala
Average rating6.70
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Squad number20Player nameJohnson
Average rating7.09
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Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Average rating7.27
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Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi
Average rating7.25
Substitutes
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Squad number7Player nameN Williams
Average rating6.40
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Squad number8Player nameColback
Average rating6.41
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Squad number16Player nameSurridge
Average rating6.79
Chelsea
Starting XI
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Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Average rating5.11
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Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Average rating4.48
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Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
Average rating4.24
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Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Average rating5.78
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Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Average rating4.43
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Squad number20Player nameZakaria
Average rating4.51
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Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Average rating4.06
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Squad number19Player nameMount
Average rating4.49
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Squad number17Player nameSterling
Average rating4.20
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Average rating4.47
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
Average rating4.65
Substitutes
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Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Average rating4.61
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Squad number9Player nameAubameyang
Average rating3.17
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Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Average rating4.82
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Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Average rating4.38
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Squad number30Player nameChukwuemeka
Average rating4.15
Line-ups
Nottm Forest
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Henderson
- 24Aurier
- 4Worrall
- 30Boly
- 32LodiBooked at 90mins
- 22YatesBooked at 43mins
- 23Freuler
- 5MangalaSubstituted forColbackat 78′minutes
- 20JohnsonSubstituted forSurridgeat 82′minutes
- 10Gibbs-White
- 9AwoniyiSubstituted forN Williamsat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 3S Cook
- 7N Williams
- 8Colback
- 13Hennessey
- 14O’Brien
- 15Toffolo
- 16Surridge
- 25Dennis
- 26McKenna
Chelsea
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 28AzpilicuetaBooked at 53mins
- 26Koulibaly
- 6Thiago Silva
- 32Cucurella
- 20ZakariaSubstituted forKovacicat 61′minutes
- 5JorginhoSubstituted forZiyechat 72′minutes
- 19MountSubstituted forAubameyangat 73′minutes
- 17SterlingSubstituted forGallagherat 72′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 29Havertz
- 10PulisicSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 87′minutes
Substitutes
- 8Kovacic
- 9Aubameyang
- 13Bettinelli
- 14Chalobah
- 22Ziyech
- 23Gallagher
- 30Chukwuemeka
- 56Hutchinson
- 67Hall
- Referee:
- Peter Bankes
- Attendance:
- 29,229
Match Stats
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Source: BBC