Match Report: Fulham 2-0 Nottingham Forest. Solomon first league goal ends Forest unbeaten run.

As they did at the City Ground, Fulham came out on top against Nottingham Forest after a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage. The win is a first win in three league games for the side from London who end an unbeaten 2023 for Forest as their away woes continue. The win has put Fulham seventh in the table. Whereas, for the Reds they drop down to 14th in the table. Marco Silva made nine changes to his side that defeated Sunderland in the FA Cup replay. Only Kenny Tete and Joao Palhinha kept their place in the side as they went back to a fully strength side. Steve Cooper made two changes to his side that beat Leeds United last week. Serge Aurier and Gustavo Scarpa came into the side for Neco Williams and Danilo. Midfielder Danilo did not make the squad for the game. After just five minutes, Cooper was forced into a double change. Centre backs Willy Boly and Scott Mckenna were forced off through injury and they were replaced by Felipe, making his Reds debut, and captain Joe Worrall. A big blow for Forest who already have a long list of injuries and having to use two of the five substitutes in the opening minutes would not have been planned. The home side took the lead after 17 minutes. An Andreas Pereira free kick was not successfully cleared by Forest , despite having chances to, the ball eventually fell to Brazilian. Willian, After some trickery from the former Chelsea and Arsenal man he curled his left footed shot into the far top left corner. It is now three goals this season for the 34 year old who had an enjoyable afternoon by the Thames. It was nearly two for Silva's men 10 minutes before half time. The ball was passed across to Alexander Mitrovic from the left hand side and after some unexpected trickery to get past Worrall, he had a free shot on goal, But the Serbian was brilliantly denied by Keylor Navas to keep the score down. The striker would have been looking to net his 12th league goal of the campaign but couldn't that time after those Navas heroics. The final action of the half came for the host's again. This time Bobby Reid having a go from distance but his shot came of the cross bar. The Jamaican already has four goals this season so he came close to adding a fifth in style, That was it for the first half as Forest found themselves behind away from home again. The Reds really struggled to create anything clear cut and spent most the of the half backed up in their own half. For Fulham, it was so far so good as they were creating chances and doing everything right to keep out this Forest side. Cooper would have been disappointed that Forest struggled to create anything, There was no changes at the break as the second half got underway. The chances kept flowing for the home side. Goal scorer Willian drove from the left side before having a go from distance. Like Reid, his shot hit the woodwork. It looked like it was going to be a very similar half to what the first one was like. The woodwork was hit for the third time by Fulham. Pereira had a free kick from the left and it was just off target after hitting the top of the crossbar. The Brazilian has really impressed since joining from Manchester United in the summer and was looking to keep up his good performances. Then Forest really started to amount pressure on the Fulham goal. A corner fell back to Morgan Gibbs White, his second attempted cross was headed only as far as Johnson and his shot went over the cross bar. It was in a very similar fashion to what his goal against Leeds United was like on Sunday. Another chance fell to Reds just moments later. Serge Aurier sent a cross in from the right and found an unmarked Emmanuel Dennis at the back post. But the substitute could not keep his shot down and Fulham were let off. The Nigerian had only scored one league goal before today and was looking to find some form. The chances did not stop their for Forest. Substitute Jonjo Shelvey, making his Forest debut, sent in a cross from the right found Aurier. His header was saved on the line by keeper Leno. The Reds have only scored three times away from home in the league and it looked like that it was going to stay that way. Fulham then wrapped the game up. After Forest sent bodies forward, Fulham started a counter attack down the right. The ball was played centrally to Pereira and he found Manor Solomon in acres of space and he calmly slotted in the game defying goal. It is a first goal in the Premier League for the on loan winger who has missed the majority of the season through injury. That was the final action of the game as Fulham picked up a first win in three league games. The Cottages are now level on points with 6th pace Brighton, but the Seagulls do have two games in hand. Forest remain six points clear of the bottom three and will be hoping Everton do not pick up 3 points in their next game. Next up for Fulham they travel to Brighton were they will look to leapfrog the side from Sussex. For Forest, they host Premier League champions Manchester City were they will look to pull off an upset and keep up their good home form.