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Chris Wood put Nottingham Forest ahead with his ninth Premier League goal of the seasonLuke Berry scored an 89th-minute equaliser for Luton as they salvaged a point at home to Nottingham Forest as both teams battle for Premier League survival.
Chris Wood had put Forest ahead when he stretched to convert Morgan Gibbs-White's dink to the back post.
With time running out, Reece Burke headed Ross Barkley's corner towards goal and Berry finished on the spin from six yards.
Ryan Yates nearly gave Forest all three points in the final minute of added time but his sweet strike flew just wide to keep the gap between the sides at three points, with Luton in 18th, a place below their visitors.
Luton started brightly and Barkley's 20-yard shot, one of three efforts from outside the box early on, clipped the post, but Forest were in the ascendancy by the time their goal came.
Divock Origi had seen two efforts cleared off the line, the second just moments before Neco Williams found Gibbs-White, who crossed for Wood to score.
Teden Mengi did have the ball in the net for Luton before half-time but it came off his arm before he bundled it in and his celebrations were cut short.
There were more chances for Nuno Espirito Santo's side after the break with Issa Kabore hooking the ball off the line from Anthony Elanga.
Luton kept the deficit at one, though, and put the pressure on in the closing stages, albeit without creating anything of note until Berry's goal which keeps the Hatters within striking distance of the sides above.
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Luton Town
Squad number24Player nameKaminski
Squad number16Player nameBurke
Squad number15Player nameMengi
Squad number12Player nameKaboré
Squad number7Player nameOgbene
Squad number17Player nameMpanzu
Squad number6Player nameBarkley
Squad number45Player nameDoughty
Squad number18Player nameClark
Squad number14Player nameChong
Squad number9Player nameMorris
Squad number8Player nameBerry
Squad number10Player nameWoodrow
Squad number30Player nameTownsend
Nottingham Forest
Squad number26Player nameSels
Squad number7Player nameN Williams
Squad number30Player nameBoly
Squad number40Player nameMurillo
Squad number15Player nameToffolo
Squad number22Player nameYates
Squad number6Player nameSangaré
Squad number27Player nameOrigi
Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number21Player nameElanga
Squad number11Player nameWood
Squad number14Player nameHudson-Odoi
Squad number16Player nameDomínguez
Squad number18Player nameFelipe
Line-ups
Luton
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 24Kaminski
- 16Burke
- 15Mengi
- 12KaboréBooked at 30mins
- 7Ogbene
- 17MpanzuSubstituted forTownsendat 60'minutes
- 6Barkley
- 45DoughtySubstituted forWoodrowat 45'minutes
- 18ClarkSubstituted forBerryat 85'minutes
- 14Chong
- 9Morris
Substitutes
- 1Shea
- 8Berry
- 10Woodrow
- 23Krul
- 27Hashioka
- 30Townsend
- 43Nelson
- 44Piesold
- 48Dos Santos Martins
Nottm Forest
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 26SelsBooked at 90mins
- 7N Williams
- 30Boly
- 40Santiago Costa dos Santos
- 15ToffoloBooked at 84mins
- 22Yates
- 6Sangaré
- 27OrigiSubstituted forHudson-Odoiat 75'minutes
- 10Gibbs-WhiteSubstituted forDomínguezat 82'minutes
- 21Elanga
- 11WoodSubstituted forFelipeat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Turner
- 8Kouyaté
- 14Hudson-Odoi
- 16Domínguez
- 18Felipe
- 20Reyna
- 28Danilo
- 32Omobamidele
- 37Duarte Ribeiro
Referee:Darren England
Attendance:11,630
Live Text
Match ends, Luton Town 1, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 1, Nottingham Forest 1.
Ross Barkley (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt missed. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Reece Burke.
Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
Tahith Chong (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
Foul by Cauley Woodrow (Luton Town).
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Murillo.
Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Luton Town 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Luke Berry (Luton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Reece Burke with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
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