At 22 pm Beijing time on September 2, Chelsea hosted Nottingham Forest in the fourth round of the 2023-24 Premier League season. In the first half, the two teams exchanged white rolls; In the second half, Premier League champion Caicedo made a fatal mistake and Ilanga seized the opportunity to score the only goal of the game, before Jackson did not score empty. In the end, Chelsea lost 1-0 at home to Nottingham Forest, with just one win in the first four rounds to drop to 11th place in the table.
The new season started Chelsea as badly as last season, with Pochettino leading the Blues winning one of the first three rounds and drawing one defeat to win just 2-1 against fourth-tier side Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup. Nottingham Forest won two of the first three rounds.
In the 16th minute, Gallagher intercepted the ball in front and fired a left-footed volley that deflected wide. In the 26th minute, a scuffle broke out in Chelsea's penalty area and Awoniyi's volley was high after two headers. In the 31st minute, Forest laid siege to the Chelsea penalty area, headed into the box, Awoniyi stopped the ball and hooked sideways, the ball was deflected.
In the 35th minute, Enzo volleyed left-footed from the top of the arc and the ball went over the crossbar. At the end of the first half, neither team scored.
In the 48th minute, Chesedo, the all-time champion of the Premier League introduced by Chelsea this summer, was cut off by a mistake in the midfield, Forest counterattacked, Awonii went straight in front, Ilanga inserted the catch, came to the middle of the box to push the goal, Forest 1-0 Chelsea.
In the 61st minute, new signing Palmer came off the bench to make his Chelsea debut. In the 69th minute, Jackson cut forward into the box, received a straight plug and single-handedly faced the goalkeeper, and was then tripped by Turner in the box, but the linesman signaled that Jackson was offside.
In the 83rd minute, Raheem Sterling dribbled the ball over on the right side of the box, attracted the goalkeeper from the bottom and then triangulated back, and Jackson who followed him poked an empty goal high.
In the 87th minute, Enzo drove a free-kick from the right side of the field into the box and Thiago Silva stopped the ball and volleyed into the side netting. In the 95th minute, Ilanga pretended to dribble the ball to the corner to kill time in front of the opponent's baseline, but he turned and pulled the ball past Maduekai's defense, and then pierced past Mudrick, who had fallen off the guard, and volleyed from a small angle on the left side of the box into the side net.
In the 96th minute, Disassi stepped forward into the opponent's penalty area, received the ball with his back and crossed Raheem Sterling, who volleyed into the far corner. In the end, the match was over, with Chelsea losing 1-0 to Nottingham Forest.