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Nottingham Forest fell to Manchester United despite half-time lead
Post-Match Premier League Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest fell to Manchester United despite half-time lead

April 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM UTC·Apr 5, 2026·Updated 6 min. ago
Post-Match Premier League

The Nottingham quickly increased the lead to 2-0. Willy Boly found the net in the 4th minute.

In the 17th minute Christian Eriksen reduced the score for Manchester United with an assist by Marcus Rashford.

Straight after the break, Casemiro scored and equalised for the team.

Nottingham Forest's Joe Worrall was sent off in the 67th minute.

Bruno Fernandes scored the decider in the 76th minute to completed Man United's come back.

Nottingham Forest have had a sluggish start to the season and have only three points from their first three games. Manchester United are on six points.

Manchester United have scored 4 goals in total in the Premier League: four at home and zero away.

Nottingham Forest have scored 5: two goals at home and three goals away.

The previous match between the teams ended in a 2-0 away win for Manchester United in April.

Manchester United next Premier League games are against Arsenal (away) on 3 September, Brighton (home) on 16 September and Burnley (away) on 23 September. Nottingham Forest play Chelsea (away) on 2 September, Burnley (home) on 18 September and Manchester City (away) on 23 September.

The away side Nottingham Forest had a 2-1 lead in the Premier League. But the Manchester United turned the game around and won 3-2.

Visitors the Nottingham were quickest out of the blocks, and went 1-0 up when Taiwo Awoniyi netted after only 2 minutes on a pass from Morgan Gibbs-White.

Elsewhere in the Premier League Chelsea won 3-0 against Luton, Tottenham defeated 2-0 Bournemouth, Arsenal drew 2-2 against Fulham, Brentford drew 1-1 against Crystal Palace, Wolverhampton picked up a narrow 1-0 victory against Everton and West Ham won 3-1 against Brighton.