Southampton Edged Out by Nottingham Forest in Premier League Clash

Newly-promoted Southampton continued their tough start in the Premier League with a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest. Despite some improvement in the second half, a goal from Morgan Gibbs-White in the 70th minute clinched the win for Forest, leaving Southampton unable to find an equalizer.

Newly-promoted Southampton's difficult start to life back in the Premier League continued when they slipped to a 1-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Forest had by the far the best of the first-half action, with Chris Wood passing up two glorious chances to break the deadlock, an early close-range header the most gilt-edged miss.

The hosts moved the ball better after the break but still lacked a cutting edge, with Forest finally making a chance count when Morgan Gibbs-White tucked the ball home at the second time of asking in the 70th minute. That killer blow sucked the life out of the home side, who never really threatened an equalizer, with Forest seeing out their first win of the season in relative comfort.

(With inputs from agencies.)