Nottingham Forest's Chris Wood floors Crystal Palace after Henderson blunder

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Chris Wood is keeping some good company these days. His strike midway through the second half, which brought Nottingham Forest their first home win of the season, means that only Erling Haaland and Cole Palmer have scored more than the 16 Premier League goals he has plundered since Nuno Espírito Santo took charge at the City Ground just before last Christmas.

The New Zealand forward will be 33 by the time Nuno, starting a three-game suspension from the touchline, celebrates his anniversary but celebrating they surely will be. Thanks to Wood's fifth league goal of this season, Forest are nestling happily in eighth place in the table after this hard-earned victory over a Crystal Palace team who remain entrenched in the relegation zone.