Nottm Forest vs Swansea

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ADAM LANIGAN AT THE CITY GROUND: Steve Cooper's men go into Tuesday's crunch match with Bournemouth three points behind their rivals for automatic promotion ...

However, the lead lasted just six minutes as Swansea crafted a fine equaliser, worthy of their desire to play football at any cost. The margin between them is just three points with the East Midlands club now having a better goal difference. - Forest travel to face Bournemouth in a crunch clash on Tuesday

Swansea fell to a 5-1 defeat away from home as Sam Surridge bagged a hat-trick to help Nottingham Forest maintain the pressure on second-placed Bournemouth.

He applied a brilliant curling finish into the top corner. The defender was initially shown a red card by referee Graham Scott, who also pointed to the penalty spot. Surridge guided another fine chance wide.

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And the hosts added insult to injury five minutes from time as Mighten prodded beyond Fisher to complete a resounding triumph for Nottingham Forest ahead of the final week of the regular season, with Swansea ending the campaign at home against Queens Park Rangers. With Swansea committing numbers up the pitch, the hosts hit Martin's men on the break once again and made it 4-1 as Surridge rifled home from an acute angle after Latibeaudiere's block deflected on to his own crossbar. Swansea looked shell-shocked, and it was Forest who continued to push for more goals, with Surridge being denied a third after firing at Fisher from point-blank range. Fair play to the Swansea fans who have stayed here. Spence found space on the right before drilling into the box, and Colback prodded home after Swansea inexplicably failed to clear their lines. But the Swans were undone by one of their former employers twice in the space of four minutes after the restart. Nevertheless, the Swans stuck to their principles well and started finding gaps in midfield, with the impressive Flynn Downes flourishing as a result. After mass confusion, Swansea swiftly set about hitting back, and they responded in devastating fashion as Matt Grimes' floated cross found Obafemi in the box. But forward Surridge struck three times in the second-half before Alex Mighten scored his side's fifth late on as Steve Cooper's men kept their automatic promotion hopes alive while Swansea suffered their first defeat since losing 1-0 to Blackpool on March 12. Cyrus Christie then had to be alert to fling a leg out at James Garner's strike after Djed Spence found himself in acres of space on Swansea's left flank. Swansea finally have a spell on the ball in the Forest half. Christie lets the ball run out of play, but it came off a Swansea player and Forest have a corner.

Nottingham Forest were convincing at home and beat Swansea City to record their fourth straight win and remain in with a chance of promotion to the Premier ...

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This is how the Swansea City players rated in the 5-1 loss to Nottingham Forest at The City Ground.

But the Dutchman was given precious little opportunity to impress in attack. Always showed for the ball and was willing to drop deep when needed. Had to track back to help Manning throughout given the pace Forest possess in their ranks. As above in terms of the second half. Made a number of clearances and did his bit yet again to help Swansea play out from the back. Unfortunate to concede the first as Cyrus Christie perhaps got in his way.