{"id":3950,"date":"2026-05-04T23:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:44:20","slug":"dreadful-mistakes-that-hand-forest-opener-vs-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3950","title":{"rendered":"Dreadful mistakes that hand Forest opener vs. Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Chelsea are a goal down against Nottingham Forest with just 15 minutes on the clock after some horrific.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There were high hopes for Chelsea in their first home game under Calum McFarlane. They won against Leeds in the FA Cup a week ago, and there was a bit of positive energy around.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it lasted two minutes. Some truly pathetic, disorganised and uncommitted defending saw Nottingham Forest wander forward, with Dilane Bakwa able to play his cross uncontested and pick out Taiwo Awoniyi in the middle of the six yard box.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea defenders blame each other for another mix up<\/h2>\n<p>Tosin, Trevoh Chalobah and Malo Gusto all looked at each other to question who was supposed to be marking the big striker. In the end none of them did, and it was an easy header past Robert Sanchez. That now makes it 13 Premier League games without a clean sheet for the Blues, who continue their tumble down the table at record speed.<\/p>\n<p>Expect some very loud boos at half time at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the first goal in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a start for Nottingham Forest! \ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OFmCcq3NBH\">pic.twitter.com\/OFmCcq3NBH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2051302049778688204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Footage from Sky Sports)<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Mateus Fernandes is going to be a hot property this summer, and while Chelsea are in the mix, we\u2019re not sure they\u2019re favourites.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest news from Chelsea\u2019s team to face Nottingham Forest is actually not someone who\u2019s on the pitch \u2013 it\u2019s the return of an important figure to the bench after a long injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Marc Cucurella<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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