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Anthony Elanga scored three goals and made four assists in 42 Premier League appearances for Manchester UnitedSubstitute Anthony Elanga scored his first Nottingham Forest goal to secure a hard-fought Premier League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Summer signing Elanga, introduced in first-half added time following an injury to Danilo, struck shortly after the break when he raced on to Taiwo Awoniyi's pass and slotted home.
Nicolas Jackson missed a glorious opportunity to equalise inside the final 10 minutes, firing over from inside the six-yard box after being teed up by Raheem Sterling.
Jackson had earlier been denied by a last-ditch block by Willy Boly, while £40m deadline day signing Cole Palmer was introduced by boss Mauricio Pochettino, as Chelsea chased a response.
But despite dominating possession, territory and chances, the hosts were punished for failing to take their opportunities by a resolute Forest.
A second victory from four games lifted Steve Cooper's visitors to ninth in the table, while Chelsea fell to 11th in the early standings.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameSánchez
Squad number2Player nameDisasi
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number26Player nameColwill
Squad number27Player nameGusto
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number7Player nameSterling
Squad number8Player nameFernández
Squad number15Player nameJackson
Squad number10Player nameMudryk
Squad number11Player nameMadueke
Squad number20Player namePalmer
Squad number29Player nameMaatsen
Nottingham Forest
Squad number1Player nameTurner
Squad number30Player nameBoly
Squad number4Player nameWorrall
Squad number26Player nameMcKenna
Squad number24Player nameAurier
Squad number5Player nameMangala
Squad number22Player nameYates
Squad number43Player nameAina
Squad number28Player nameDanilo
Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi
Squad number3Player nameNuno Tavares
Squad number8Player nameKouyaté
Squad number11Player nameWood
Squad number21Player nameElanga
Squad number29Player nameMontiel
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Sánchez
- 2Disasi
- 6Thiago Silva
- 26Colwill
- 27GustoSubstituted forMudrykat 77'minutes
- 23GallagherBooked at 43minsSubstituted forPalmerat 62'minutes
- 25CaicedoSubstituted forMaatsenat 77'minutes
- 21ChilwellBooked at 31minsSubstituted forMaduekeat 62'minutes
- 7Sterling
- 8Fernández
- 15JacksonBooked at 36mins
Substitutes
- 3Cucurella
- 10Mudryk
- 11Madueke
- 16Ugochukwu
- 20Palmer
- 28Petrovic
- 29Maatsen
- 36de Souza Eugênio
- 47Bergström
Nottm Forest
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1TurnerBooked at 90mins
- 30Boly
- 4Worrall
- 26McKenna
- 24AurierSubstituted forMontielat 72'minutes
- 5MangalaSubstituted forTavaresat 72'minutesBooked at 86mins
- 22YatesBooked at 61mins
- 43AinaBooked at 41minsSubstituted forKouyatéat 73'minutes
- 28DaniloSubstituted forElangaat 45+3'minutes
- 10Gibbs-White
- 9AwoniyiSubstituted forWoodat 65'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Tavares
- 8Kouyaté
- 11Wood
- 18Felipe
- 19Niakhaté
- 21Elanga
- 29Montiel
- 34Horvath
- 41Aguilera
Referee:Tim Robinson
Attendance:39,820
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 0, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 0, Nottingham Forest 1.
Matt Turner (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Axel Disasi.
Attempt saved. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ryan Yates.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ryan Yates.
Attempt saved. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott McKenna.
Attempt blocked. Ian Maatsen (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt blocked. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ian Maatsen.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Matt Turner.
Attempt saved. Thiago Silva (Chelsea) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández with a cross.
Nuno Tavares (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Noni Madueke (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nuno Tavares (Nottingham Forest).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Matt Turner (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt missed. Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high.
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