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Cole Palmer missed a penalty as Chelsea slumped to defeat against Nottingham Forest.
Despite Vitor Pereira making eight changes to his Forest side, with one eye on Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg away at Aston Villa, the visitors strolled to victory at Stamford Bridge.
The Brazilian, however, did find the back of the net with a stunning acrobatic effort in stoppage time, but it proved to be nothing more than a consolation.
Follow the game back below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith at Stamford Bridge.
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Fan reaction: Palmer performance
90+8 min: Not a bad ball from Palmer but just needed to take the pace off it a little bit.
What an outstanding goal from one of the only Chelsea players who turned up today.
3-1.
Game on?
Steady on.
GOAL!
Chelsea 1-3 Nottingham Forest | Joao Pedro ‘90+3
What a finish from Joao Pedro to end Chelsea’s Premier League goal drought.
90 min: Board goes up...NINE added minutes as Fernandez is miles off target with a pot shot from range.
Such a flat atmosphere here late on.
Chelsea have been well beaten for half an hour or more.
The Forest fans loving their day out.
89 min: The Chelsea fans, well those who have remained, just want the final whistle at this point.
84 min : Delap brings the ball down in the area but his shot is deflected over the bar before Sels gets down low to keep out Palmer’s strike.
80 min: Hutchinson is on for Forest against his former club, replacing Bakwa who has had a good game.
Given Cucurella a torrid time.
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