Nottingham Forest 4-3 Southampton: Steve Cooper's men 辛勝する／優位 thriller to move three points above the 首相 League relegation zone and all but consign Saints to the 減少（する）

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A drenched Ruben Selles trudged over to the away end with a look of 犯罪 and a 辞職 that his work has not been good enough to keep Southampton in the 首相 League.

Barring a 奇蹟 in the final weeks, their 11-year stay in the 最高の，を越す 分割 will end and Selles’ players, some of them looking on the 瀬戸際 of 涙／ほころびs, know their days at this level are numbered and the only thing 行方不明の now is the big, fat R next to Saints’ 指名する in the league （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する.

They were 選ぶd apart by Nottingham Forest in a 100-minute match that might look like an even thriller on paper but, in reality, was a 納得させるing and 井戸／弁護士席-deserved home 勝利，勝つ. Taiwo Awoniyi 得点する／非難する／２０d his first を締める for the club, Morgan Gibbs-White and Danilo 追加するd the others.

Saints’ away に引き続いて stayed long after the final whistle to applaud their team who stood in the rain with an apologetic look on their 直面するs. They’ve spent 196 days in the 底（に届く） three so fans have had time to 過程 the blow but now the equation is simple. 勝利，勝つ every game or go 負かす／撃墜する.

It would be 不公平な to 非難する the Spanish boss for this monumental mess of a season but his 任命 would stand out as one of the worst in 首相 League history if not for the second of three men to 占領する his seat this season, Nathan Jones, who won just one league game.

Taiwo Awoniyi 得点する／非難する／２０d twice as Nottingham Forest （人命などを）奪う，主張するd a 大規模な 勝利，勝つ over Southampton

Awoniyi opened the 得点する／非難する／２０ing 中途の through the first half with his first goal since January

The 今後 then 二塁打d the lead three minutes later with a 猛烈な／残忍な ボレー on the turn?

So as one 11-year stay in the 首相 League comes to an end, another team made a 事例／患者 to 延長する their status at the 最高の，を越す level. Forest played with pace, vigour and belief in the first half to roar into a 3-1 lead, then showed an uncommon valiant 防御の steel to see out the 勝利，勝つ.

The City Ground was 激しく揺するing before kick-off, with fan group Forza Garibaldi 勧めるing 支持者s to 持つ／拘留する scarves aloft during a deafening rendition of 検討する，考慮する of Kintyre. It is hard to think of a better atmosphere in English football than this place at its raucous best.

説 that, though, most in here were a nervous 難破させる in the 開始 10 minutes. From an eavesdropping 使節団 across the Trent 橋（渡しをする）, the general 判決 was ‘do or die’ for Forest, who have two tricky away games in their final three.

‘We’re so lucky to play in 前線 of these 支持者s,’ said Cooper, who walked into his 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 乾燥した，日照りのing himself with a red towel. ‘They don’t half drag us over the line.

‘We talk 率直に about the relegation 戦う／戦い, we don’t want elephants in the room. But we always bring it 支援する to what we can do to 影響（力） it. We knew what went on (Everton winning 5-1) but never lost 焦点（を合わせる） of what we needed to do.’

But any 早期に Forest 苦悩s were soon 静めるd as Awoniyi opened the 得点する／非難する／２０ing on 18 minutes after a fantastic 反対する-attack started by a perfect Danilo pass and finished with Brennan Johnson squaring to the Nigerian to 解雇する／砲火／射撃 home.

It was Awoniyi’s first leag ue goal since January 4, also against Saints, which was also Forest’s only away 勝利，勝つ of the season, with a staggering 27 of their 33 points this season coming at home. With two away games to come, that stat を強調するd the importance of this game.

the result all but 安全な・保証するd relegation for Southampton, who are seven points from safety

Morgan Gibbs-White 得点する／非難する／２０d his 味方する's third fro m the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す after the Saints pulled one 支援する

Gibbs-White had been at fault for the Southampton goal but made up for it with his 刑罰，罰則?

Danilo finished off a 罰金 move to make it 4-2 中途の through the second half at City Ground

James 区-Prowse 始める，決める up a nervy finish with his 刑罰，罰則 but Forest managed to 持つ／拘留する on

They gave themselves a good chance and 設立する themselves two goals up just three minutes after Awoniyi’s opener.?

After perhaps getting lucky with the finish for the first, the を締める was emphatically ボレーd past Alex McCarthy.

Those Garibaldi scarves were soon 存在 渦巻くd above 長，率いるs.?

Even animated Greek owner Evangelos Marinakis slouched 支援する in his seat and relaxed until Saints pulled a goal 支援する, with Charly Alcaraz finishing off a tidy move that left one wondering why Saints are 激しく揺する 底（に届く）.

Those thoughts were wiped away after sloppy 決定／判定勝ち（する）s led to Ainsley Maitland-Niles 譲歩するing a 刑罰，罰則, which Gibbs-White finished.

‘We need to be more 強健な and 競争の激しい,’ said Selles. ‘I can’t speak for Ralph and Nathan’s time but there are many different factors (why we are in this position).

‘My 職業 is to keep fighting and giving my very best every day. (My 未来) is a 決定／判定勝ち（する） for the club, I will be happy to be here for the next 10 years.’

The pattern of this game turned 徹底的に after the break. Forest looked nervous and Lyanco 強くたたくd home a header not long after the 再開する and the away team sensed a 復帰.

Cooper’s 味方する are haunted by a couple of second-half capitulations this season.?

They have dropped 23 points from winning positions this 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語, more than any team in the league but Leicester, and a league-high 15 of those coming at home.

James 区-Prowse 砲撃するd Forest’s six-yard box with fizzing 始める，決める-pieces but Keylor Navas, a three-time 支持する／優勝者s League 勝利者, showed his experience to を取り引きする the 空中の 猛攻撃.

Forest's victory moves them three points above the relegation zone with three games to play

But just as 苦悩s seemed to reach boiling point, Forest 投機・賭けるd 今後 - a rarity in the second half - and Danilo 得点する／非難する／２０d a fourth, after a clever flicked 補助装置 from £42.5million man Gibbs-White.?

From a long 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）, the former Wolves man is their best 商売／仕事 since 昇進／宣伝.

The folks at Stockley Park had a busy end to the game, first 判決，裁定 out Danilo’s goal for offside then awarding Saints a 疑わしい 刑罰，罰則, which 区-Prowse 解雇する／砲火／射撃d home.?

Was that his last goal for the club? Selles roared with belief as he told his team there were five minutes to get an equaliser but time soon ran out. Just like it is for Southampton as a 首相 League club.