Incredible Colback volley as Forest cruise past 10-man West Brom

Nottingham Forest tightened their grip on a Championship play-off place with a 4-0 win over 10-man West Brom on Easter Monday.

Darnell Furlong's early dismissal led to a real setback for the Baggies, and Brennan Johnson's resulting penalty got the ball rolling, before Ryan Yates doubled their lead and then Jack Colback scored a screamer in first-half stoppage-time. Sam Surridge also netted a fourth with the final kick of the game.

It gives Forest a five-point gap over Millwall in seventh - with two games in hand - and keeps alive their slim chances of catching Bournemouth in second. There is a seven-point gap between the pair with five games to play, but they still have to face each other in their penultimate game of the season.

For West Brom, it was a damaging defeat that likely ended their slim play-off hopes. There are six points and six places now between themselves and the top six, with just three games left.

Any fears that Forest may have lost a little momentum after their defeat at Luton on Good Friday - ending a run of five straight wins - were quickly dispelled as they took the lead on 19 minutes.

Furlong, who had been booked minutes earlier for a foul on Philip Zinckernagel, was then sent off after a James Garner effort hit him on the arm in the box, before Johnson stepped up to role the bottom into the bottom corner.

After 23 minutes it was 2-0 as Garner's corner found the head of Yates, who rose brilliantly to head in. There was some consternation amongst the West Brom players as they believed that Forest were wrongly awarded a throw-in in the build-up to the corner, but they still could have dealt far better with the resulting set-piece from a defensive perspective.

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