- English Npower Championship
- 28 April 2012, 12:30pm
- City Ground
- Attendance: 23,625
Nottm Forest | v | Portsmouth |
2
| 0 |
live commentary
Match ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Portsmouth 0.
90+4 mins:Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Portsmouth 0.
90+3 mins:Corner, Portsmouth.
90+2 mins:Foul by Joel Lynch (Nottingham Forest).
90+2 mins:Marko Futacs (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
89 mins:Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Portsmouth 0. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Reid with a cross.
88 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
87 mins:Foul by Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth).
87 mins:Guy Moussi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick.
85 mins:Corner, Portsmouth.
84 mins:Joel Lynch (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84 mins:Foul by Joel Lynch (Nottingham Forest).
84 mins:Chris Maguire (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
81 mins:Substitution, Nottingham Forest. George Elokobi replaces Adlène Guédioura.
80 mins:Chris Maguire (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80 mins:Foul by Chris Maguire (Portsmouth).
80 mins:Joel Lynch (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick.
79 mins:Attempt saved. Andy Reid (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
78 mins:Substitution, Portsmouth. Marko Futacs replaces Ashley Harris.
74 mins:Attempt saved. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is saved.
74 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
73 mins:Attempt missed. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) header from the left side of the box. Assisted by Andy Reid with a cross.
72 mins:Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Guy Moussi replaces Lewis McGugan.
71 mins:Foul by Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest).
71 mins:Kelvin Etuhu (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
70 mins:Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Portsmouth 0. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Garath McCleary with a cross.
67 mins:Foul by Chris Maguire (Portsmouth).
67 mins:Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick.
65 mins:Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Paul Anderson replaces Radoslaw Majewski.
65 mins:Offside, Portsmouth. Luke Varney tries a through ball, but Luke Varney is caught offside.
59 mins:Corner, Portsmouth.
58 mins:Offside, Nottingham Forest. Radoslaw Majewski tries a through ball, but Radoslaw Majewski is caught offside.
57 mins:Attempt missed. Chris Maguire (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
56 mins:Foul by Luke Chambers (Nottingham Forest).
56 mins:Chris Maguire (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
55 mins:Offside, Portsmouth. Chris Maguire tries a through ball, but Chris Maguire is caught offside.
54 mins:Attempt missed. David Norris (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
53 mins:Attempt saved. Scott Allan (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
52 mins:Foul by Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest).
52 mins:David Norris (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
50 mins:Attempt missed. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
48 mins:Foul by Joel Lynch (Nottingham Forest).
48 mins:Chris Maguire (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
48 mins:Foul by Chris Maguire (Portsmouth).
48 mins:Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick.
47 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Portsmouth 0.
45+3 mins:First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Portsmouth 0.
45 mins:Foul by Ashley Harris (Portsmouth).
45 mins:Joel Lynch (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick.
39 mins:Foul by Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest).
39 mins:Joel Ward (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
38 mins:Hand ball by Luke Varney (Portsmouth).
36 mins:Foul by Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest).
36 mins:David Norris (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
35 mins:Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35 mins:Foul by Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth).
35 mins:Andy Reid (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick.
33 mins:Foul by Joel Lynch (Nottingham Forest).
33 mins:Ricardo Rocha (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
33 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
32 mins:Attempt missed. Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
31 mins:Foul by Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest).
31 mins:Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
30 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
30 mins:Attempt saved. Radoslaw Majewski (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved.
28 mins:Foul by Radoslaw Majewski (Nottingham Forest).
28 mins:Joel Ward (Portsmouth) wins a free kick.
27 mins:Attempt missed. Chris Maguire (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
21 mins:Attempt saved. Luke Varney (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved.
20 mins:Attempt missed. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andy Reid.
20 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
20 mins:Attempt blocked. Andy Reid (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
19 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
14 mins:Attempt saved. Chris Maguire (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
11 mins:Corner, Nottingham Forest.
8 mins:Corner, Portsmouth.
8 mins:Attempt missed. Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
6 mins:Foul by Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth).
6 mins:Greg Cunningham (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick.
5 mins:Attempt saved. Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved.
4 mins:Attempt saved. Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- English Npower Championship
- 28 April 2012, 12:30pm
- City Ground
- Attendance: 23,625
| Nottm Forest | v | Portsmouth |
2
| 0 |
match report
Dexter Blackstock's second-half brace secured a 2-0 victory for Nottingham Forest against Portsmouth at the City Ground on Saturday.
The striker has barely featured for Forest this season having missed over a year of action with knee ligament damage, but he ended the campaign on a high with his seventh and eighth goals.
Garath McCleary, who was crowned the supporters' player of the year prior to kick-off, reached Andy Reid's cross and provided Blackstock with a simple tap-in to open the scoring 20 minutes from time.
The forward then missed a trio of headers in quick succession with Pompey goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown epitomising their fighting spirit with three smart saves. But he was a constant thorn in Portsmouth's side and was rewarded again in the 89th minute with another simple finish after Greg Cunningham's shot came straight to him.
Michael Appleton's side, whose relegation was confirmed with a 2-1 defeat to Derby last week, will now drop into the third tier for the first time since 1983.
Forest came into the game having scored just 19 times in 22 games at the City Ground and their profligacy was evident early on.
There may have been nothing riding on the game's outcome but tempers flared at successive corners between home full-back Chris Gunter and Derby loanee Chris Maguire.
The former went to ground following a tussle with Maguire and appeared to retaliate moments later by elbowing the Pompey striker, although the incident was not picked up by the officials.
Both players had a chance to gain the upper hand in that personal duel with shots on goal shortly afterwards.
Maguire's effort was eventually gathered by goalkeeper Lee Camp at the second attempt while Gunter blazed over with his left foot when Cunningham's fizzed cross found its way to him at the far post.
Early in the second half Gunter was again heavily involved as Forest squandered a great chance to take the initiative.
The Welshman dispossessed Kelvin Etuhu, breaking into the box and squaring for Blackstock in space but the striker snatched his chance and the ball flew over the crossbar.
He did make amends, though, when Forest finally broke the deadlock.
Reid's far-post cross found McCleary and he kept his composure to slide the ball across for Blackstock who could not miss.
He nearly doubled his tally but found Ashdown in inspired form with the stopper denying three of Blackstock's headers as Forest piled on the pressure.
If one moment summed up Portsmouth's season it came in the 85th minute.
Camp made a mess of Maguire's corner, fumbling the ball onto the crossbar and into his own net but the assistant ruled the ball had already gone out of play as it came in.
And, as the final whistle sounded at Southampton, confirming Pompey's bitter rivals' promotion to the Barclays Premier League, Blackstock heaped more misery on the south coast club with his second goal.
Cunningham met Reid's corner and Blackstock showed his predatory instincts, pouncing inside a crowded six-yard box to squeeze the loose ball in.
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