Southall strike enough to see off City challenge
If Nottingham Amazon Uk Prada Bags Forest think they have had it tough in recent times they should try walking in Bristol City’s shoes. Relegated from the top tier in 1980, the Robins found themselves in the old Fourth Authentic Prada Outlet Online Uk Division within three years with barely enough cash in the coffers to pay Authentic Prada Handbags Outlet Uk Authentic Prada Milano Handbags the Clifton Suspension Bridge toll. At no point since then have City looked like making the same journey in the opposite direction, which helps explain why 4,300 of their fans ventured north for this meeting between League One’s top sides.
Unfortunately for the invading army, City caught Forest keen to make up for their Best Prada Outlet In Milan last home game, a 4-0 mauling at the hands of fellow promotion hopefuls Scunthorpe.
Adopting a 3-5-2 formation, the home side snuffed out the threat posed by City’s creative midfield, surviving one or two hairy second-half moments to strengthen their position at the top of the league.
‘It’s a pleasing day,’ said Forest manager Colin Calderwood. ‘That was a titanic game, first versus second. I’m worn out and Authentic Prada Online Shop my players Black Prada Bag With bags Gold Hardware are shattered in the dressing room because they’ve given everything. And the difference is it looks like they’ve given everything, which is probably different from our last home game.’
The only goal of an entertaining match came after nine minutes, when Nicky Southall’s free-kick from 25 yards out beat Adriano Basso high to the goalkeeper’s right, possibly having taken a slight deflection off the City wall on its way through.
If Forest bossed the first period, City certainly had the better of a second half that saw referee Mark Halsey deny them two decent penalty shouts. The first came when Danny Cullip blocked a Jennison Myrie-Williams shot with his hands, unintentionally according to the man in the middle. The second was far more clear cut, Authentic Prada Shoes Outlet Wes Morgan virtually pinning Jamie McCombe to the floor Authentic Prada Gauffre as the City defender advanced to meet Craig Woodman’s corner. Once again Halsey said no.
‘I’m interested in watching the Best Prada Outlet In Milan video on the bus when we go home because I felt we might have had a penalty – at least one anyway,’ said City manager Gary Johnson. ‘We gave it a little bit of a go at the end, but I didn’t feel we created too many first-class chances. We had lots of shots that, credit to them, they were throwing themselves in front of. We’re disappointed, but we’ve got two thirds of the season to catch them up again.’
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