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Wood scores as Forest win fifth straight

Updated: Dec 30, 2024


Chris Wood continues to have Nottingham Forest fans dreaming of the Champions League next season.


The All Whites captain scored his team-leading 11th goal of the Premier League campaign in a 2-0 away victory over Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday (Monday NZ Time).


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The three points - from their fifth straight league win - saw the Reds surge to second on the Premier League table, eight points behind Liverpool.


Whatever Arsenal and Chelsea do on Monday (Tuesday NZT), Forest will reach the season's halfway point in the top-four, with four - and possibly five - English clubs qualifying for the Champions League.


Wood scored in the 15th minute and provided the assist on Morgan Gibbs-White's 61st-minute strike, before being subbed off in the 76th minute.


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Chris Wood has 11 goals in 19 Premier League matches this season. PHOTO: NOTTINGHAM FOREST

The 33-year-old, who became Forest's leading Premier League goalscorer earlier in December, exchanged attacking headers with teammate Anthony Elanga, before calmly dinking a volley over an advancing Jordan Pickford.


Wood recorded his first goal-assist of the season when he found Gibbs-White in the area against a fast-retreating Everton defence.


Wood trails just superstars, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (17), Manchester City's Erling Haaland (14) and Chelsea's Cole Palmer (12) for most Premier League goals, as one of seven players with 10-plus goals.

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