Nottingham Forest revived its hopes of staying in the English Premier League after Taiwo Awoniyi scored two goals, leading the team to a 4-3 victory over the bottom-placed Southampton. The match revealed the weaknesses in both teams' defenses, with Nigerian Awoniyi scoring twice within four minutes, allowing the home side to take control before Carlos Alcaraz narrowed the gap.
Morgan Gibbs-White restored Nottingham's two-goal lead with a penalty in the 44th minute, but Lyanco brought hope back to Southampton. Nottingham capitalized on a counterattack completed by Danilo, making the score 4-2 in the 73rd minute.
The referee disallowed a goal from Nottingham's Felipe before Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse scored from a penalty to reduce the deficit in stoppage time.
Nottingham held on to collect 3 points, raising their total to 33 points and placing them 16th. Southampton remained at 24 points from 35 matches, eight points adrift of safety with three rounds remaining.
