{"id":90131,"date":"2025-08-24T19:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/90131\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:25:07","slug":"hudson-odoi-earns-nottingham-forest-a-point-in-el-casico-at-crystal-palace-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/90131\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudson-Odoi earns Nottingham Forest a point in \u2018El Casico\u2019 at Crystal Palace | Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"

It had been billed as \u201cEl Casico\u201d. But after crossing swords at the court of arbitration for sport<\/a> following Uefa\u2019s decision to demote them from the Europa League, Crystal Palace could not find a way to beat Nottingham Forest on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Public enemy No 1 in this part of south London after his perceived role in their punishment, Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was conspicuous by his absence at Selhurst Park, although a phalanx of beefy security guards accompanied the visiting players when they arrived. A banner that was unveiled midway through the first half made clear the animosity of the Palace fans towards Marinakis.<\/p>\n

Yet having fallen behind to Isma\u00efla Sarr\u2019s opener, an equaliser from Callum Hudson-Odoi secured a point for Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo\u2019s side after a week during which the Forest manager has been at loggerheads with the club\u2019s owner. It would have been some irony if Igor Jesus \u2013 who arrived from Botafogo, one of Palace\u2019s former part-owner John Textor\u2019s other teams in his multi-club network that caused all the problems with Uefa \u2013 had scored rather than striking the post in injury time when clean through.<\/p>\n

But in their first match since Eberechi Eze\u2019s departure to Arsenal was confirmed, Oliver Glasner will have been left concerned that his side ran out of steam in the second half following their exertions in the Conference League playoff in midweek. New signings are imperative before the window closes next week.<\/p>\n

Nuno had insisted beforehand that he wants to carry on at Forest despite revealing on Friday that his relationship with Marinakis is \u201cnot the same\u201d amid reports of disagreements with new sporting director, Edu Gaspar. He said they are planning to sit down this week to try to iron things out: \u201cWe have to communicate and approach the final days of the market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isma\u00efla Sarr puts Crystal Palace in front in the 37th minute with a shot from close range. Photograph: Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The signing of four new players last week for more than \u00a390m does not seem to have been enough to satisfy Nuno\u2019s demands, with all of them making an appearance in the second half as Forest came close to snatching all three points. In contrast, as if to underline Palace\u2019s lack of activity in the transfer market after Eze\u2019s departure, Glasner selected two goalkeepers and academy graduate Kaden Rodney among his replacements but was encouraged by a second\u2011half cameo from Romain Esse.<\/p>\n

Palace\u2019s supporters unveiled a special tifo as the teams emerged with a giant image of the former captain Joel Ward lifting the FA Cup with the message: \u201cBuilt from glass \u2013 etched in silver.\u201d<\/p>\n

It did not take long for Forest\u2019s travelling supporters to make themselves heard. \u201cMarinakis, he does what he wants,\u201d was given an early airing, with the rest of the stadium responding with a chant about Uefa, Marinakis and Textor that has become the anthem of their summer.<\/p>\n

Temperatures were not quite as high on the pitch as Forest made the more promising start in a fixture that is not usually noted for being a goalfest, with Chris Wood firing wide from close range. Palace slowly found their rhythm and Jean-Philippe Mateta forced Matz Sels into a save with a shot from outside the area. Morgan Gibbs\u2011White should have done better from Wood\u2019s clever cutback but could only clear the crossbar by a mile.<\/p>\n

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Palace took the lead eight minutes before half-time when Forest failed to clear Tyrick Mitchell\u2019s cross and it was quickly recycled to Daniel Mu\u00f1oz by Adam Wharton. The Colombian\u2019s cross was inch-perfect for Sarr to tuck home. It could have got even better for the hosts had a powerful drive from Will Hughes not whistled just past a post before their captain Marc Gu\u00e9hi struck a post with a header just before half-time.<\/p>\n

Forest are always a dangerous proposition on the break, however, and after a strong start to the second half, Palace were hit by a sucker punch. Dan Ndoye\u2019s crossfield ball caught Mitchell napping and Hudson-Odoi was able to muscle his way into the area and beat Dean Henderson at his near post.<\/p>\n

Watching on from the stands, Thomas Tuchel will have been intrigued to see the midfield battle between Wharton and the impressive Elliot Anderson, with honours just about shared between two players who will be strong contenders for his World Cup squad next year. James McAtee \u2013 who captained England\u2019s Under-21s to retain their European title in the summer \u2013 made his debut as Forest smelled blood, with fellow new boys Arnaud Kalimuendo and Omari Hutchinson also being introduced.<\/p>\n

Glasner had been downbeat on Esse\u2019s chances of filling Eze\u2019s boots but the 20-year-old who joined from Millwall in January for an initial \u00a312m showed glimpses of his talent that could bode well for the future. Forest could have snatched it at the death through Jesus, although they still maintained their record of not having lost here since 2003. The next few days will be vital for Nuno\u2019s prospects of staying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It had been billed as \u201cEl Casico\u201d. But after crossing swords at the court of arbitration for sport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-90131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}