The atmosphere at Stamford Bridge turned toxic on Monday night as Nottingham Forest fans took full advantage of Chelsea\u2019s collapse.<\/strong><\/p>\n The first half saw Forest score twice courtesy of Taiwo Awoniyi and Igor Jesus to take a comfortable lead going into the break.<\/p>\n Chelsea had the chance to reduce to deficit right at the end of the first half with Jesse Derry winning a penalty at a personal cost, Cole Palmer failed to convert it.<\/p>\n And the second half saw Awoniyi seal the win with his second goal of the game, making it 3-0 and sending the visiting supporters into a frenzy.<\/p>\n With Forest racing into a commanding 3-0 lead, the travelling supporters were heard chanting \u201cAre you Tottenham in disguise?\u201d, mocking the home crowd during a humiliating night for the Blues.<\/p>\n The chant, picked up by BBC Sport journalist Joe Rindl during live commentary, quickly went viral and underlined the scale of Chelsea\u2019s struggles.<\/p>\n The chant carried extra sting given Chelsea\u2019s long-standing rivalry with Tottenham.<\/p>\n For a club that prides itself on competing at the highest level, comparisons with their North London rivals, especially in such circumstances, only intensified the frustration inside Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n Beyond the banter, the result carries massive implications for the Premier League table.<\/p>\n The 3-1 win moves Nottingham Forest six points clear of West Ham United in the relegation battle with just three games remaining in the season.<\/p>\n Forest supporters could also be heard chanting \u201cwe are staying up\u201d as reported by BBC Live.<\/p>\n While mathematically they still need another four points to secure survival, their current form and superior goal difference suggest they will successfully escape relegation.<\/p>\n For Chelsea, the defeat marks a new low in a season characterized by inconsistency and late-season fatigue.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The atmosphere at Stamford Bridge turned toxic on Monday night as Nottingham Forest fans took…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Nottingham Forest fans mock Chelsea with \u2018Tottenham in disguise\u2019 chant<\/h2>\n
Forest move six points clear of West Ham<\/h2>\n