Key Points of the Weekend
- jonjoward1998
- Apr 15, 2025
- 3 min read
Is the pressure getting to Forest?
Nottingham Forest have had an incredible season this season as they're still pushing for Champions League football.
But back to back defeats against Aston Villa and Everton have seen the teams below them close the gap on them and nerves begin to creep in.
Could the pressure of being in a Champions League race be getting to them?
There was a nervous atmosphere inside the City Ground against Everton and it translated itself onto the pitch as Forest got off to a slow start, like they did against Villa.
We're at that stage of the season where the pressure begins to build and teams begin to get nervous and especially the ones who aren't used to challenging for Europe.
Forest do have some winnable games coming up to get their Champions League hopes back on track and they are still in a good position.
But if they continue to make more nervy starts like they did against Everton and Villa, it could be that pressure has got to them.
Chelsea need a goal scorer
Chelsea were one of the leading goal scorers in the league earlier in the season, but since Christmas the goals have dried up.
They got into a lot of good positions in their draw with Ipswich on Sunday, but they weren't able to make the most of them due to their lack of a goal scorer.
The blues have lacked a clinical goal scorer for a number of years now and especially over the last couple of seasons. Cole Palmer may be their top scorer with 14, but he's in the middle of a dip in form and we're beginning to see how reliant they are on him to deliver.
Their main central striker in Nicolas Jackson hasn't scored since the turn of the year and despite getting himself into good positions at every opportunity, he is not the most clinical of strikers.
The blues have had some incredible goal scorers over the years including Drogba, Zola, Costa, Hasselbaink, and even Eden Hazard. They need that kind of player who can finish of those chances and turn Chelsea into a side that can challenge.
Man United need a new goal keeper
A few days after Andre Onana's two errors against Lyon in the Europa League, another Man United keeper was in the spotlight in Altay Bayindir who was responsible for the fourth goal United conceded against Newcastle when he gave the ball away to Joelinton before he set up Bruno Guimaraes for the winning goal.
Onana being dropped from the match day squad was supposed to give Bayindir the chance to stake a claim to be United's no.1 due to Onana constantly making mistakes. But it wasn't to be as he conceded four goals and was at fault for one of them.
United were probably looking for a new keeper this summer anyway because of Onana making too many mistakes. Bayindir's performance against Newcastle has no doubt increased their need for one.
The goalkeeper position has never been a problem for Man United over the years as they've always had a reliable shot stopper whether that be Peter Schmeichel, Edwin Van Der Sar or David De Gea. All three probably make the top 10 greatest Premier League goalkeepers.
If United are to get back to where they want to be, they'll need a more reliable shot stopper because Onana has let them down too many times with the mistakes he's made, and Bayindir is not ready to be the no.1 as his performance against Newcastle showed.
United will of course be looking to strengthen in other areas this summer as Ruben Amorim begins to build his own team. A new goalkeeper will surely be near the top of his priorities.



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