Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest Player Ratings: A Dominant Outing At Selhurst Park Earns Pierre Sage's Side Their First Home Win In The League

Crystal Palace faced Nottingham Forest in their first game back from the international break, and they produced one of their best performances of the season so far.

Despite conceding a goal quite early in the 3rd minute, when Dan Ndoye took advantage of a horrendous headed back pass from Anan Khalaili and buried it in the far post, the Eagles didn't let their heads drop.

They finally found the equalizer in the 41st minute through Daichi Kamada, after a flurry of one-touch passes and some headless defending across the face of goal. The floodgates did really open for Crystal Palace after the leveller, as Jefferson Lerma put the hosts in the lead just before halftime from a viciously taken corner by Adam Wharton.

The second half showed something similar, as a chaotic Nottingham Forest side were trying to find the equalizer. However, losing their cool in and around the box cost them once again, as a number of ricochets found Jørgen Strand Larsen, whose shot was initially saved by Matz Sels.

However, the rebound fell to Yéremi Pino, and he scored in almost an open net to make it more difficult for a comeback from the Tricky Trees. A lot of missed chances ultimately cost Nottingham Forest the game, and they now sit 14th in the league standings, just two points off the relegation zone.

Check the Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Player Ratings below.

Key Takeaways

• Tyrick Mitchell won the most duels (9).
• Adam Wharton, Yéremi Pino, and Morgan Gibbs-White jointly recorded the most key passes (3).
• James McAtee made the most interceptions (3).

Crystal Palace Player Ratings vs Nottingham Forest

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Man of the Match

Adam Wharton was the best player from Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest.

Worst Performer

Anan Khalaili was the worst player in this EPL game.