Callum Hudson-Odoi’s late goal saw Nottingham Forest take a huge step towards Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win over Manchester City, who are now looking over their shoulder.
Hudson-Odoi caught Ederson out at the near post in the 82nd minute at the City Ground to provide a new highlight in a memorable campaign for Nuno Espirito Santo’s men.
They consolidated their position in third with 10 games to go, four points ahead of City in fourth and five ahead of Chelsea in fifth.
And the manner of their victory will surely give Forest huge belief they can finish the job and qualify for the Champions League in just their third season back in the top flight.
City’s own European qualification hopes are very much up in the air as they fell to a ninth league defeat, the most since 2019/20, and they could be out of the top four after the weekend’s action.
Callum Hudson-Odoi fires Nottingham Forest into the lead against Man City! 💥
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) March 8, 2025
How about that assist from Morgan Gibbs-White 😮💨
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Brighton are just a point off the top four after snatching a dramatic 2-1 win over Fulham at the Amex Stadium thanks to a penalty from Joao Pedro in the dying seconds of added time.
Pedro won the spot-kick after being fouled by Harrison Reed and made no mistake from 12 yards to give the home side all three points.
A thumping finish from Raul Jimenez had given Fulham the lead in the 36th minute, but Jan Paul van Hecke’s header got the Seagulls back on level terms before half-time.
Aston Villa also boosted their Champions League hopes with a 1-0 win at Brentford, Ollie Watkins scoring the only goal just before half-time.
Liverpool meanwhile extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to 16 points after coming from behind to beat Southampton 3-1 at Anfield.
Bottom side Southampton threatened to pull off a stunning upset when Will Smallbone took advantage of a mix-up between Alisson and Virgil van Dijk to give the visitors the lead in first-half stoppage time.
However, whatever manager Arne Slot said at the interval had the desired effect as Darwin Nunez equalised early in the second half and was then fouled by Smallbone to allow Mohamed Salah to score from the penalty spot.
Mo Salah has equalled two all-time Premier League records today:
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) March 8, 2025
♦️ Most goals scored by an international player (184)
♦️ Most goal contributions in a 38-game season (44)
Certified legend. pic.twitter.com/yEzfdlqOBR
Salah completed the comeback with another penalty – and his 27th league goal of the season – two minutes from time after Yukinari Sugawara was penalised for handball.
Crystal Palace made it three league wins in a row with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Ipswich at Selhurst Park, Ismaila Sarr finally breaking the deadlock eight minutes from time, and Wolves and Everton played out a 1-1 draw in the evening.
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