Second helpings
The Sunday Mirror|August 25, 2024
MORGAN TAKES TWO ATTEMPTS TO SINK SORRY SAINTS
Graham Thomas
Second helpings

S'HAMPTON...0

N FOREST.....1

GIBBS-WHITE 70

FOREST fans were still chanting Morgan Gibbs-White's name long after Southampton supporters had walked away from a party that turned sour.

The Forest midfielder - so often his club's driving force and inspiration - struck the only goal of the game in the 70th minute.

It was enough to give Forest, dominant throughout, a deserved win over a surprisingly lacklustre Southampton, whose players lacked energy and verve.

Forest had already missed several chances before Gibbs-White took a second bite at a cross from Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Both Hudson-Odoi himself and the tricky Anthony Elanga might have extended Forest's lead late on, but Saints keeper Alex McCarthy kept his team in it.

This story is from the August 25, 2024 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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