Schade and Wissa deal huge blow to Forest dream

This week Nottingham Forest readied themselves for the Champions League, Evangelos Marinakis relinquishing his controlling interest in the club to comply with UEFA's ownership rules. Marinakis's other club, Greek champions Olympiakos, have already qualified for the grandest stage in the club game but Forest's bid to return to European competition will probably go to the wire.

- Ben Fisher

This week Nottingham Forest readied themselves for the Champions League, Evangelos Marinakis relinquishing his controlling interest in the club to comply with UEFA's ownership rules. Marinakis's other club, Greek champions Olympiakos, have already qualified for the grandest stage in the club game but Forest's bid to return to European competition will probably go to the wire. Will Forest, who remain sixth, look back on defeat at home to Brentford as a costly misstep when their season ends here against Chelsea, one of those teams vying for a top-five berth?

Forest, who face Crystal Palace, Leicester and West Ham before that potential final-day showdown, never really got going on a disappointing evening. Goals from Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa, a January target for Forest, condemned the hosts to successive league home defeats for the first time since the end of last season. Nuno Espírito Santo's side have now lost four of their past five matches in all competitions, including Sunday's FA Cup semi-final loss. For Brentford, an efficient and boisterous display was almost the perfect away performance.