Nottm Forest 0 - 1 Everton
Abdoulaye Doucoure’s last-gasp winner ensured three points in the league for Everton for the first time since February as David Moyes’ side beat Champions League-chasing Nottingham Forest 1-0 away from home.
According to Opta data, Doucoure’s goal (at 93:03) was the latest away winner for the Blues on record in the Premier League since the 2006-07 season.
Everton became the first team to deal Nuno Espirito Santo’s side a loss at City Ground in 2025 and have leap-frogged Tottenham to climb to 14th in the Premier League table, level on 38 points with Manchester United. More importantly, though, Everton - now 18 points clear of the drop zone - are almost assured to continue in the top flight next season, highlighting the importance of Moyes’ mid-season revival.
After picking up a point against second-placed Arsenal - less than 72 hours following the Merseyside derby at Anfield - a dogged Everton side cruised to victory with the help of a ruthless counter in the fourth minute of added time at the end of the game.
Murillo made a fatal error for the hosts with his heavy touch being capitalised on by Dwight McNeil who came on at the 90th-minute mark. McNeil, who made his first appearance since December against Arsenal last weekend, led a 3v1 counter-attack for the Blues.
He cut inside and fed a delicious ball to Doucoure making the run at the far post. The Mali international opened up his body and lifted the ball into the near post, beating Forest keeper Matz Sels, in front of a delirious away end.
Victory here feels deserved for the Toffees who were by far the better side and just lacked composure in the final third. This was their first win since beating Crystal Palace 2-1, also away from home, on February 15. Although Moyes’ side had failed to win any of their last six matches, they drew five of them.
Having faced the top three sides in the Premier League in successive encounters with four points to show for their efforts, Everton will now turn their sights towards fourth-placed Manchester City next. The defending champions will visit Goodison Park for the final time on April 19.
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2 Posted 12/04/2025 at 18:20:19
3 Posted 12/04/2025 at 18:22:08
12 April with 6 games to go. Not what we thought when we lost at Bournemouth on 4 January.
4 Posted 12/04/2025 at 20:07:02
A well-deserved win received deliriously by Bluenoses in the ground and giving them a brilliant end to the game and a long happy journey home.
5 Posted 12/04/2025 at 20:25:48
6 Posted 12/04/2025 at 20:30:53
We're close to overtaking Man Utd and Spurs which is probably a better reflection of just how poor they've been all season given all the money they've both spent. But it is still an achievement seeing where we were under Dyche.
7 Posted 12/04/2025 at 20:57:01
8 Posted 12/04/2025 at 20:59:40
I've been saying for the last couple of months they won't make Top 4 his season. All that group hugging has left them drained.
9 Posted 13/04/2025 at 00:49:15
Nice bench we had today.
Hilarious celebration from Doucoure to the board.
COYB!
10 Posted 13/04/2025 at 01:18:52
The McNeil introduction showed what a good pass can achieve. Doucoure who was poor for most of the game, did get the right connection on that cross to score.
Moyes effectively defended and nicked a win. His main objective was not to lose. He needs to improve on performance results against top 6 sides; this hopefully is a start. I thought Everton had the beating of Forest earlier in the game and just needed a more positive formation.
Glad of a win, especially for the travelling fans.
11 Posted 13/04/2025 at 01:42:39
We were certainly up for this one! Well done Davis Moyes and the team.
12 Posted 13/04/2025 at 03:00:50
I recall our four away wins of 2006-07 all yielding a clean sheet and a multi-goal margin, with the first goal scored a lot sooner than 90+3'.
13 Posted 13/04/2025 at 08:54:42
Man City will be tough as they seem to be back on track, but we are looking good.
Now we are safe (and have been for a while) and climbing the table, then the focus will be on some big decisions for the summer.
Many of the current squad will be off, so Moyesie needs some smart signings to carry on the good work. I'm unsure that giving Doucoure another extension would be ‘smart' where there might be an opportunity to bring in 2 alternatives with potential.
14 Posted 13/04/2025 at 09:02:48
Simples 💙💙💙
15 Posted 13/04/2025 at 09:12:46
UTFT
16 Posted 13/04/2025 at 09:20:52
Alcaraz made a difference when he came on. His passing is very sharp and he continually drives forward.
17 Posted 13/04/2025 at 11:29:58
It was almost a MotM performance from Harrison and a winner from "ring me and sign me" Doucoure.
Great performance all round; great 3 points – let's have Citeh at home!
18 Posted 13/04/2025 at 16:15:38
Our defense is very good, we have only lost 10 games all season which is one more than Forest for example.
It's pretty obvious where we need to improve, convert some of our 14 draws into wins and we will be fine.
An established goalscoring forward is a must this summer and two would be even better; add a few midfielders who can both cross the ball and pick out the forwards with through passes and I will enjoy the games even more.
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1 Posted 12/04/2025 at 18:11:04
I feel scoring a winner in the last few minutes is always a good sign of a decent team.