Don't get me wrong, the first half was dull... but Commons' first touch was rather comical. As soon as the booing started, he was probably startled and gave the ball away. This was the best action of a dire, but satisfactory first half for the Reds.
The second half, however, was more of a spectacle. Forest took the lead after 54 minutes of the match with a Garner nod on which deflected in off Emanuel Villa's shoulder, a goal which was the result of a cross in from the right. Just 11 minutes later though, Derby equalized when a, lets face, perfect Commons delivery was flicked on by the substitute Barazite, for Villa to knock in.
Lewis McGugan was sent off with a straight red in the 74th minute after he slid in studs showing, taking out Derby midfielder Paul Green. The replays showed that he won the ball, but it was a reckless challenge. Saying this, I think it was only worthy of a yellow card.
The real drama of the match came in the last few minutes though. It all started when Chambers apparently handled in the box. The referee gave a penalty to the Rams even though Addison had converted a header. Lee Camp remarkably saved the spot kick, then made a fantastic save to deny another on target h
eader from Derby.
The official Nottingham Forest website stated that "Camp had joked to the media in the build-up to the game that he would save a last-gasp penalty. It ultimately proved to be an uncanny prediction".
The drama continued when, from the resulting corner of Camp's second save, Addison scored again, but for the referee to disallow it for an apparent push, even though, to be honest, I didn't see anything wrong with the goal. Forest charged forward whilst the Derby players were still protesting. At one point Forest had two against one (at this point I was screaming at the TV). The Forest striker literally passed the ball into Bywater's arms. After this counter attack however, the referee Stuart Attwell pulled it all back to Forest's box, so the potential goal wouldn't have counted anyway. Attwell had a tremendously shocking game.
To watch highlights of the match, along with the 'legendary' Colin Fray's commentary, follow this link:
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