PREMIER LEAGUE : NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS WEST HAM – 31/08/2025 (PHOTO – JARROD BOWEN SCORES FOR WEST HAM)

NOTTINGHAM FOREST MADE 541 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 9 CORNERS, (59% POSSESSION), PLUS 11 SHOTS WITH 3 ON-TARGET, BUT NO GOALS IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST WEST HAM ON SUNDAY.

WEST HAM MADE 385 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 7 CORNERS, WITH 12 SHOTS, AND 8 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING SOME CRACKING LATE DRAMA WITH GOALS FROM JARROD BOWEN AT 83 MINS., (BELOW)

LUCAS PAQUETA AT 88 MINS. FROM A PENALTY, (BELOW)

AND A STUNNING LATE FINISHER FROM CALLUM WILSON IN EXTRA TIME AT 90 +1 MINS! (BELOW)

SO AFTER ALL THE LATE EXCITEMENT, THIS DYNAMIC MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO WEST HAM!

AFTER THE MATCH, WEST HAM’S BOSS GRAHAM POTTER (BELOW) SAID THAT THE VICTORY WAS A CRUCIAL “FIRST BRICK IN THE WALL” OF THEIR SEASON,

A RESULT HE WAS DELIGHTED WITH GIVEN THE PLAYERS TOGETHERNESS AND QUALITY, ESPECIALLY AFTER A DIFFICULT START TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE PLAYERS DESERVED THE WIN AND THE PERFORMANCE, HIGHLIGHTING THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT THAT ALLOWED THEM TO SECURE THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON!

AFTER NOTTINGHAM FOREST’S LOSS TO WEST HAM YESTERDAY THEIR BOSS NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO (BELOW) SAID “IT’S NOT THE BEST DAY TO SPEAK.  WE HAVE TO ADDRESS WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE JOB NOW IS MORE ABOUT THE TEAM” AND DESCRIBED THE TEAM’S PERFORMANCE AS “A VERY BAD DAY” SAYING “EVERYONE IS VERY SAD.”

HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE TEAM LACKED URGENCY, MADE MISTAKES AND WERE OUTMANEUVERED BY WEST HAM, A RESULT WHICH WOULD NOT HELP HIS PLANNED MEETING WITH OWNER EVANGELOS MARINAKIS.  HE TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFEAT STATING IT WAS HIS JOB TO HELP THE TEAM ADDRESS THINGS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CLUB.

IT IS SUCH A SHAME WHEN YOU HEAR FOOTBALL MANAGER’S SPEAKING LIKE THIS – AND THE FACES OF THE PLAYERS WHEN THEY HAVE LOST. NOTTINGHAM FOREST ARE JUST GOING THROUGH A BAD PATCH – LIKE ALL CLUBS DO!  THEY WILL BE BACK TO WINNING WAYS BEFORE LONG (JUST LIKE BEFORE.) IT’S SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS – ALWAYS – AND THAT’S WHY WE LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL GAME SO MUCH!  SO CHIN UP NUNO – AND YOUR TEAM!