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Nottingham Forest handed relegation verdict as Steve Cooper 'fumes' over Brentford decision

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Nottingham Forest 'fuming' over crucial decision in Brentford defeat

Nottingham Forest were left fuming with the VAR call which resulted in Brentford’s winner at the Gtech Community Stadium.

The Reds’ miserable away form continued as the Bees came from behind to take all three points in the capital with a 2-1 result. It means Steve Cooper ’s side remain in a perilous position with four games to go.

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Danilo had given them the lead before the break. But when he was forced off due to injury and Forest were unable to make any more substitutions, it meant they were down to 10 men for the closing minutes.

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Nottingham Forest captain Joe Worrall makes 'worst enemy' remark after Brentford loss

Joe Worrall insists Nottingham Forest are "still alive" and in the fight to avoid Premier League relegation after Brentford's 2-1 comeback.

Danilo's first-half strike proved not to be sufficient in the end, when both Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva struck late to take all three points in the capital. The Brazilian was later forced off with injury, leaving Steve Cooper's side down to 10 men, as they were unable to make any more substitutions.

With five games to go, Forest remain in a delicate position - just one point from the drop zone. "It's so frustrating to go 1-0 up just before half-time and basically throw away the hard-earned three points," the Reds captain, Worrall told BBC Sport.

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Brentford star Ivan Toney makes 'ugly' claim after Nottingham Forest win

Brentford striker Ivan Toney admits his side weren't at their "best" with Nottingham Forest leading 1-0 for most of the game.

Danilo scored the opening goal for Forest on the brink of half-time, but in the end they were defeated 2-1. Toney netted the equaliser on 82 minutes, before Josh Dasilva rescued the three points for the Bees in stoppage time.

Speaking after the game, Toney admitted : "We didn't play our best. Sometimes you have to find a way to win and we did it ugly today."

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Nottingham Forest handed 'hostile' verdict amid relegation prediction

Former Nottingham Forest strikers Kevin Campbell and Glenn Murray believe the Reds have a strong chance of staying in the Premier League.

Forest are 17th going into this weekend's games, just one point above the relegation zone with five to play - starting this afternoon (Saturday, 3pm) at Brentford. They go into the game after an impressive win against Brighton, which boosted morale heading into their trip to west London.

Speaking on BBC 5Live's Friday Football Social, Campbell said: "It's going to come down to a lot of their home form. You look over the course of the season, the home form has been the key.

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Nottingham Forest tipped to surprise Chelsea and Arsenal in Premier League relegation battle

Pundit Chris Sutton believes Nottingham Forest "have enough to survive" in the Premier League this season.

The former Celtic man has delivered his Premier League relegation predictions with four games to go. Forest are in a relegation battle with the likes of Southampton, Leicester, Everton and Leeds - promising a tense ending to the season.

Sutton has backed Forest to be one of the teams that beats the drop. "There is something about Forest that tells me they have enough to survive," he wrote in the Daily Mail .

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'Be honest' - Evangelos Marinakis handed Nottingham Forest summer transfer plan

Former Nottingham Forest striker Kevin Campbell has told Evangelos Marinakis how he should approach the summer transfer window if the Reds stay in the Premier League.

Campbell, who played for Forest between 1995 and 1998, urged Marinakis to avoid a repeat of last summer, instead trimming and tweaking the squad to improve on the season gone by.

"Not a mass overhaul," Campbell said on the BBC 5Live Friday Football Social. "They'll be a year seasoned in the Premier League. Steve Cooper, who I think is still doing a great job at Forest, will have learned so much from the first season.

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