An incredibly entertaining match at the City Ground is decided by thrilling two minutes late in the second half, with Chelsea overturning the deficit to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2.
Pochettino’s side took an early lead through Mudryk’s rolled finish, but the visitors were pegged back almost immediately by Boly’s far-post header from a Gibbs-White set-piece.
The match was stretched in the second half as both teams searched desperately for a breakthrough, with Hudson-Odoi, Yates and Silva all hitting the frame of the goal.
The former Chelsea winger would eventually get his angles correct however, with Hudson-Odoi curling a lovely finish into the far corner with a quarter-hour to go, giving the hosts something to hang onto.
All their hard work would be undone at the 80th minute, thanks to Sterling’s close-range finish after cutting inside ahead of Aina, and the 82nd minute, when Jackson’s back-post finish into an empty net reversed the result and put the Blues 3-2 ahead.
The win puts Chelsea level on points with Newcastle in sixth ahead of their penultimate match of the campaign on Wednesday, when they host Brighton and Hove Albion.
Nottingham Forest are still not mathematically assured of their survival, but are three points clear of the drop and have a better goal-differential than Luton by 12.
They will contest their final game of the season next Sunday, travelling to play Burnley.
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