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Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth; Premier League

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Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth. Premier League.

The City GroundAttendance30,741.

Nottingham Forest 1

  • M Gibbs-White (34th minute)

Bournemouth 1

  • M Tavernier (54th minute)

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bournemouth: Cherries miss out on Champions League qualification in Andoni Iraola's final game

Report and free highlights as Nottingham Forest draw 1-1 with Bournemouth at the City Ground; Morgan Gibbs-White's well-worked first-half strike gave the hosts the lead; Marcus Tavernier's second-half effort brought visitors level; Cherries finish sixth, but miss out on Champions League

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Highlights from the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth.

Bournemouth missed out on Champions League qualification in Andoni Iraola's final game in charge of the club after being held to a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest, with other results not going their way on the last day of the season.

The Cherries were already assured of European football next season for the first time in the club's 127-year history, but they needed both Liverpool and Man City to beat Brentford and Aston Villa at home, with neither side winning.

Marcus Tavernier's smartly taken second-half effort cancelled out Morgan Gibbs-White's well-worked 34th-minute opener, the playmaker's 18th goal in all competitions this season, 15 coming in the Premier League, just days after hr was excluded from Thomas Tuchel's England World Cup squad.

Marcus Tavernier celebrates after equalising for Bournemouth at Nottingham Forest
Image: Marcus Tavernier equalised for Bournemouth at Nottingham Forest

Team news:

  • Forest made two changes as Ibrahim Sangare made his first start since the end of April, while Jair Cunha also returned to the side.
  • Andoni Iraola unsurprisingly named an unchanged team from Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Man City
  • The visitors had to make a late change when Adam Scott was injured in the warmup, with Alex Toth, taking his place in midfield

As a result, Bournemouth ended the campaign sixth in the Premier League by extending their unbeaten league run to an impressive 18 games and will now compete in next season's Europa League under new boss Marco Rose.

The home side, meanwhile, ended the campaign in 16th, well clear of relegation, on what was an emotional day for Vitor Pereira's team and their fans following the unveiling of the new John Robertson stand in front of a whole host of club legends in attendance at the City Ground.

Morgan Gibbs-White celebrates his goal with team-mate Neco Williams
Image: Morgan Gibbs-White scored the opener

What the managers said...

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola:

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Andoni Iraola paid an emotional tribute to his Bournemouth players after his final game in charge, saying he would miss them and loved them.

Story of the match in stats

What's next?

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There's a World Cup to fit in first - follow live blogs of every game on the Sky Sports App - but the key dates are locked in for next term, when Sky Sports will once again show at least 215 live Premier League games.

Here's your summer diary:

June 11: World Cup starts - day-by-day fixture list

June 14: Scotland's opener vs Haiti (2am)

June 15: Summer transfer window opens

June 17: England's opener vs Croatia (9pm)

June 19: Premier League fixtures released (10am)

July 19: World Cup final

August 22-23: Premier League opening weekend

August 27: Champions League league phase draw

September 1: Transfer Deadline Day (window closes at 11pm UK time)

September 8-10: Champions League matchday 1

May 30, 2027: Premier League final day

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