Except for the race for the championship between Liverpool and Arsenal, Nottingham Forest was once considered the only team that was definitely a position in the Top 4.
City Ground's home team is no longer a phenomenon this season, they played as if a big man, did not stumble at sensitive times and made the chasing team feel helpless.
However, if there is a certain factor that destroys Nottingham's competition position, it is themselves, no one else.
In the 31st round, they received defeat against Aston Villa with a score of 1-2 at Villa Park. This is not surprising because Villa this season is quite strong and often has good achievements at home.
But in the 32nd round, despite being kicked at City Ground, Nuno Santo's army lost with a minimum ratio before Everton, the team was in the bottom half of the rankings and the target was out. Everton was also very bad in winning the previous 4 matches.
In this round, Man City had a comeback against Crystal Palace and Aston Villa destroyed Southampton. If Newcastle wins Man United, all three teams will hit the heat into Nottingham.
Next season, the Premier League will have 5 Champions League stones based on the ranking order. However, just losing 1-2 more matches, Nottingham can be thrown out of this group.
Rivals from now until the end of the season of the red shirt team are not easy to play, it is Tottenham, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Leicester, West Ham and Chelsea. Of these, only Leicester is a weak team, the remaining opponents have the potential to cause events.
Not excluding the possibility of having to go to the 38th round with Chelsea, Nottingham knew they had enough points to lower the top 5.
One of the victories that made Santo's teachers and students bothered was the defeat of Brighton in the FA Cup quarterfinals. It was the match captain Santo did not launch the strongest squad.
But when he felt that he could win Brighton, he put the pillars into the yard. Unfortunately, Santo was wrong after that, Nottingham had to need a penalty shootout to defeat the opponent.
It was their talent that took their energy. Later, Nottingham only won Man United with a minimum score at home and then continued to be two losses against Villa and Everton.
Before going to the 32nd round to meet Man United, Newcastle was ranked 7th with 53 points, 4 points behind Nottingham but kicked less than 2 matches. This means that if The Magpies wins the next 2 matches, they will take the 3rd place of Nottingham's 3rd place.
Chelsea is currently 4 points behind Nottingham but stones are less than 1 match and is temporarily ranked 6th. Man City and Aston Villa played the same number of matches and are inferior to Nottingham, respectively 2 and 3 points.
Therefore, if not immediately regained the victory circuit, the effort of the season of Santo teachers and students can pour the river to break in the last minute.
