Forest collapses at Brentford to hurt EPL survival hopes

By: The Associated Press Posted: 11:48 AM CDT Saturday, Apr. 29, 2023

LONDON (AP) — Late goals from Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva saw Brentford come from behind to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 and condemn the relegation-threatened visitors to another English Premier League defeat on the road on Saturday.

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Forest led through birthday boy Danilo, who celebrated turning 22 with a goal in first-half stoppage time.

Toney equalized with a free kick in the 82nd, taking his league tally to 20.

Nottingham Forest's Danilo celebrates scoring the opening goal during the Premier League match during the English Premier League soccer match between Brentford and Nottingham Forest at the Gtech Community Stadium, London, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

And, with Forest down to 10 men after Danilo went off injured, substitute Dasilva curled a shot inside the near post in the fourth minute of stoppage time to send Forest spinning to a seventh straight away defeat.

Forest stayed a point and a place above the bottom three, while ninth-placed Brentford kept alive its slim hopes of qualification for a European competition.