Nottingham Forest secured a vital three points in their pursuit to stay in the Premier League as they beat fellow relegation rivals Southampton 4-3 in a Bank Holiday Monday thriller.
Saints started the brighter of the two sides at The City Ground but it was Forest who took the lead against the run of play. Danilo's long diagonal pass found Brennan Johnson in space and the Welsh winger squared the ball across to Taiwo Awoniyi, who fired home from close-range.
Forest smelt blood and it took them three minutes to double their advantage, with that man Awoniyi striking his second of the night as he smashed the ball into the roof of the net beyond Alex McCarthy. But Saints didn't give up and halved the deficit through Carlos Alcaraz.
