Nottingham Forest 1 Crystal Palace 0: Dean Henderson drops clanger in front of England caretaker Lee Carsley

DEAN HENDERSON dropped a clanger successful beforehand of watching England caretaker brag Lee Carsley - 8 days aft Thomas Tuchel's stand-in awarded him his England return!

Former Forest loanee Hendo was connected apical of the satellite erstwhile helium flew his household to Finland to spot him extremity his agelong hold for a elder England headdress successful the Three Lions' 3-1 win.

But contiguous his satellite fell isolated present arsenic helium allowed Chris Wood's half-hit volley to squirm nether him to outgo Palace a important gully which kept Oliver Glasner's strugglers successful the driblet zone. 

Wood couldn't judge his luck arsenic helium bagged his 5th extremity successful 8 games this play to go Forest's 3rd subordinate to people 20 Premier League goals, alongside Bryan Roy and Stan Collymore.

And to hitch brackish successful Henderson's wounds Forest keeper Matz Sels surpassed himself with a drawstring of apical saves, and denied sub Jeffrey Schlupp a precocious leveller with a superb one-handed save.

It was a affirmative extremity to a pugnacious week for the Prem's existent whipping boys. 

Forest's naughty measurement was surely groaning aft the FA stepped successful to punish their atrocious boys.

Boss Nuno Espirito Santo was banished to an enforcement container arsenic helium started a three-match prohibition for his misconduct successful his side's 2-2 gully with Brighton past month.

Morgan Gibbs-White was injured anyhow but besides served a further one-match prohibition pursuing his reddish paper against the Seagulls - arsenic good arsenic copping a £20,000 fine.

Meanwhile, James Ward-Prowse was suspended pursuing his reddish paper astatine Chelsea past clip out.

Even Forest's larger-than-life proprietor Evangelos Marinakis was taxable to a whopping five-match prohibition - which helium is appealing - for "improper behaviour," astir the passageway country astatine full-time against Fulham connected September 28.

The Greek tycoon decided not to determination substance connected the occurrence by attending the crippled portion the entreaty process unfolds.

But it was a measurement of Forest's ongoing feud with the authorities that their fans loudly booed the pre-match handshakes betwixt the players - arsenic they protested totting up £825,000 worthy of fines this period alone!

Unfortunately no-one was capable to currency successful astatine the extremity of an entertaining archetypal 45 minutes erstwhile plentifulness of chances were created - but nary taken.

Palace, refreshed from their 16 time break, started connected the beforehand ft and Eberichi Eze flashed a near footer conscionable wide from 25 yards.

Daichi Kamada and Eddie Nketiah were adjacent to effort their luck but failed to occupation Matz Sels unduly, portion Jefferson Lerma picked up an aboriginal booking for hauling down Ola Aina.

Incredibly it was his 40th apical formation yellowish card, making the midfielder the sixth baddest lad for bookings successful Prem history.

Elliot Anderson past took centre signifier successful beforehand of watching England caretaker brag Lee Carsley.

The £35million summertime signing from Newcastle had the City Ground connected its feet with a Messi-like tally which saw him wriggle past 3 Palace defenders earlier Dean Henderson pawed distant his changeable for a corner.

Wood had a header cleared disconnected the enactment by Lerma earlier Nketiah came adjacent person astatine the different extremity with a swerving changeable connected the tally which clipped disconnected the extracurricular of Sels' post.

Not to beryllium undone, Forest skipper Ryan Yates steered a header beyond Henderson but, frustratingly, the shot bounced backmost disconnected the acold station arsenic Wood failed to use the finishing touch.

Five of the past six league games betwixt this brace person finished arsenic draws and the crippled desperately needed a extremity to respire caller beingness into it.

However Matz Sels refused to play shot arsenic helium pulled disconnected a stunning treble prevention to contradict Eze past Kamada, who helium someway blocked from 4 yards.

Fortunately the emblem was up for offside to prevention Kamada's blushes.

Anderson was past booked for bundling implicit Nketiah and from the resulting escaped footwear Palace brought retired the champion successful Sels again.

Will Hughes touched the shot to 1 broadside and Ebericho Eze unleashed a screamer which Forest's Belgian keeper sensationally tipped over.

However it was a goalkeeping howler astatine the different extremity which yet broke the deadlock conscionable aft the hour.

Alex Moreo's agelong shot guardant was nodded retired by Trevoh Chalobah and Wood pounced to occurrence successful a harmless looking volley which lacked power.

But Henderson got it each wrong, allowing the shot to squirm nether his outstretched limb and the shot squeezed successful astatine his adjacent post.