Cunha double earns Wolves point at Forest

Matheus Cunha earned Wolves a share of the spoils after opening the scoring at the City Ground with a magnificent individual effort

Matheus Cunha scored twice as Wolves denied Nottingham Forest a valuable victory in their fight for Premier League survival.

Carrying the ball from inside his own half to the edge of the Forest penalty area, Cunha skipped between Andrew Omobamidele and Ryan Yates before rifling an unstoppable shot past goalkeeper Matz Sels and into the top corner.

Former Wolves playmaker Morgan Gibbs-White drew Forest level just six minutes later, heading home Giovanni Reyna's corner in first-half stoppage time before celebrating in front of the travelling fans.

Nuno Espirito Santo's home side swept ahead in the second half when Danilo powered a low shot beyond Jose Sa from close range, but Cunha bundled home a loose ball from a corner to salvage a point for Gary O'Neil's men.

Wolves remain just outside the top half of the table, while Forest stay perilously close to the relegation zone.

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A point gained or two dropped for Forest?

Forest are still waiting on an appeal date for their four-point profit and sustainability punishment, but Premier League safety remains firmly in their hands despite this failure to protect their second-half advantage at the City Ground.

The hosts were the brighter of the two sides in the early stages and Yates had a shot deflected wide from the edge of the penalty area before Callum Hudson-Odoi curled over the crossbar from a similar position.

United States international Reyna, making his first start since joining on loan from Borussia Dortmund, also dragged a shot narrowly wide after collecting Nelson Semedo's stray pass near the edge of the box.

Nuno will have been frustrated with his team's defending in the build-up to Cunha's opener, with Omobamidele and Yates failing to stop the Brazilian entering the penalty area.

But after deservedly drawing level through Gibbs-White, Danilo drilled Forest in front for the first time after Matt Doherty inadvertently diverted the ball into the midfielder's path while attempting to dispossess Gibbs-White.

Their lead lasted just five minutes, however, with Cunha converting from point-blank range after Sels parried Toti Gomes' goal-bound header into the forward's path.

Forest have now dropped 50 Premier League points from winning positions since the start of last season, more than any other club.

Whether this was a point gained or two dropped will only become clear at the end of the campaign.

More to follow.