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Premier League | Gameweek 26
Mar 5, 2023 at 2pm UK
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Nott'm Forest
2 - 2
Everton

Johnson (19', 77')
Gibbs-White (51'), Lodi (55'), Felipe (79')
FT(HT: 1-2)
Gray (10' pen.), Doucoure (29')
Godfrey (42'), McNeil (52'), Gray (56'), Tarkowski (57'), Davies (90+4')

Brennan Johnson nets brace as Nottingham Forest draw with Everton

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Brennan Johnson scores a brace as Nottingham Forest twice come from behind to draw 2-2 with Everton in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
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Brennan Johnson nets brace as Forest draw with Everton

Brennan Johnson scored a brace as Nottingham Forest twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Everton in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.

Demarai Gray's 10th-minute penalty sent the visitors ahead before Johnson levelled in the 19th minute, but the Toffees regained the lead in the 29th minute through Abdoulaye Doucoure.

Forest secured a share of the spoils courtesy of Johnson's second of the match late on, though, with the result keeping the two teams in the positions in the table where they started the game.

Forest stay 14th, boasting 26 points from their 25 matches, while Everton remain 18th, level on points with 17th-placed Leeds United, having played a game more than the Whites.

Everton were awarded a penalty in the ninth minute of the contest when Jonjo Shelvey brought Dwight McNeil to the ground with a clumsy challenge inside the box.

Brennan Johnson nets brace as Forest draw with Everton

Gray stepped forward for the visitors and made no mistake, sweeping the ball into the back of the net, with Forest goalkeeper Keylor Navas diving the opposite way.

The response from the home side was strong, though, and they levelled in the 19th minute of the contest, with Johnson squeezing the ball home from a narrow angle after Jordan Pickford had kept out a strike from Morgan Gibbs-White.

Everton wanted another penalty in the period that followed when Seamus Coleman went down inside the box, but replays showed that the experienced defender had kicked Jack Colback rather than the other way around.

The Toffees were back ahead in the 29th minute, with Doucoure heading into the back of the net from close range after James Tarkowski and Michael Keane had combined to nod towards their teammate.

McNeil saw a long-range effort tipped over the Forest crossbar by Navas in the 40th minute, before Gray had a chance to score a third for Everton late in the half, with the forward having a goal-bound strike blocked following a low cross from Doucoure.

An emotional start to the second period saw five players pick up bookings in quick succession, with both teams competing for every ball during an end-to-end affair.

The match had been expected to be cagey due to what was at stake, but both sides committed numbers forward to each attack, with Everton pushing Doucoure right alongside Gray when they were inside Forest's half of the field.

The home side were becoming more and more frustrated in the final third, as a number of attacks continued to break down, but they managed to level the scores in the 77th minute when Johnson picked out the top corner with a smart finish from inside the box.

Pickford kept out an effort from Andre Ayew in the 82nd minute before Johnson just failed to make contact on the rebound, with Forest looking for all three points.

Johnson then had a low cross palmed clear by Pickford, before the attacker just missed the far post with a curling effort in the 84th minute of the contest.

Both teams were pressing forward for a winner in the latter stages, but the points were ultimately shared at the end of an entertaining contest on Sunday afternoon.

Everton will continue their league campaign at home to Brentford next Saturday, while Forest face a trip to North London to take on Tottenham Hotspur on the same afternoon. body check tags ::

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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool23175156213556
2Arsenal24148249222750
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest24145540271347
4Chelsea24127547311643
5Manchester CityMan City24125748351341
6Newcastle UnitedNewcastle24125742291341
7Bournemouth24117641281340
8Aston Villa2410773437-337
9Fulham249963632436
10Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton2481063538-334
11Brentford2494114242031
12Crystal Palace247982830-230
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd2485112834-629
14Tottenham HotspurSpurs24831348371127
15West Ham UnitedWest Ham2476112946-1727
16Everton236892328-526
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves2454153452-1819
18Leicester CityLeicester2445152553-2817
19Ipswich TownIpswich2437142249-2716
20Southampton2423191854-369
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