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  • Date:2009-03-21
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:City Ground
  • Attendance:24510
  • Referee:Crossley, P

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

82mins

Joel Lynch goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

78mins

Nottm Forest are replacing Lewis McGugan with Joe Garner.

76mins

The referee has booked Michael Kightly.

76mins

Goal!! Michael Kightly scores for Wolverhampton.

73mins

Chris Iwelumo is being taken off, Sam Vokes has come on in his place.

72mins

David Jones is replaced by David Edwards.

66mins

Gary McSheffrey is being taken off, Nathan Tyson has come on in his place.

66mins

Paul Anderson is being taken off, Garath McCleary has come on in his place.

54mins

Stephen Ward is being taken off, Andy Keogh has come on in his place.

47mins

Christophe Berra goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

30mins

Paul Anderson goes into the referee's book for dissent.

29mins

Chris Gunter is booked for unsporting behaviour.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 21st, the match has kicked off.


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Match Report

Struggling Nottingham Forest suffered their third straight defeat in the Championship - but made promotion-chasing Wolves fight all the way for a precious 1-0 win that maintained their Premiership hopes.

Michael Kightly lashed home a confident finish in the 76th minute to send the 5,500 travelling fans into raptures as Wolves secured a vital three points.

But Billy Davies' Forest were unlucky not to claim at least a point as they scrapped desperately for a result to bolster their hopes of avoiding the drop straight back down into League One.

Given the position of the two sides in the table, it was no surprise that Forest's defence was the more sternly tested in the opening exchanges.

But, with Wes Morgan in imperious form and Kelvin Wilson producing a vital challenge to deny Kightly a shooting chance in the box, the only real effort on goal that Wolves could muster in the opening 20 minutes was a high, rising long-range effort from Stephen Ward.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake then edged closer with a bending, dipping 25-yard strike that dropped narrowly wide.

Forest's Chris Gunter was booked for a late, lunging tackle on Matt Hill - but, just before half-time, the on-loan Spurs full-back had a penalty claim rejected by referee Phil Crossley when he was brought down on the very edge of the box by Christophe Berra.

The Wolves defender did not escape punishment one minute into the second half, however, as he this time hauled down Chris Cohen on the edge of the box, earning himself a yellow card and giving Lewis McGugan the chance to smash a dangerous free-kick that was blocked in the box.

The second half, like the first, was also closely fought, with chances at a minimum.

Gary McSheffrey connected well with a dipping volley on the edge of the box, but it was always dropping over.

Both sides made a series of attacking changes off the bench - but it was Wolves who finally managed to break the deadlock. Substitute Sam Vokes cleverly laid off Ebanks-Blake's cross into the box for Kightly, who drove an unstoppable finish low into the bottom corner.

It could have been worse for Forest as Ebanks-Blake saw a scrambled effort cleared off the line by Wilson, after he picked up the rebound following a powerful shot from sub Andrew Keogh.

Keogh himself went close with a spectacular, looping 40-yard effort that almost caught Forest's on-loan Everton keeper Iain Turner off his line as it dropped inches wide of the post.

Nottingham Forest

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Corners

32

Fouls

1014

Goal attempts

47

Shots off target

24

Offsides

62

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