Forest beats Leicester 2-0 and boosts EPL survival hopes

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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Brennan Johnson scored twice as Nottingham Forest boosted its chance of English Premier League survival by beating Leicester 2-0 on Saturday.

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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Brennan Johnson scored twice as Nottingham Forest boosted its chance of English Premier League survival by beating Leicester 2-0 on Saturday.

The result moved Forest above its East Midlands rival and five points clear of the relegation zone.

Leicester suffered a fourth straight loss in the league, while Forest has lost just one of its last six league games.

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers, right, greets Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in Nottingham, England, Saturday Jan. 14, 2023. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers, right, greets Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in Nottingham, England, Saturday Jan. 14, 2023. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Johnson opened the scoring in the 56th minute when rounding Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward and rolling the ball into an empty net. The flag went up for offside, but VAR overturned the decision.

Forest made the game safe in the 84th after Johnson got an assist from Morgan Gibbs-White.

The win marked a turnaround since the reverse fixture in October that saw Leicester win 4-0 in a game Forest manager Steve Cooper called the worst of his managerial career.

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