Premier League Saturday Bash: Iwobi, Aribo, Onuachu going, going…

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Club and country may not smile as Taiwo Awoniyi and Emmanuel Dennis failed to revamp their relegation fate with Premier League side Nottingham Forest remaining in the dreaded drop zone of the table as the English Premier League (EPL) relegation dog-fight nears its end.

The Tricky Trees almost gave some boost to their relegation fight by scoring first at the tail end of the first half against highflying Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium. But things fell apart for them as Brentford fought back to take a deserved 2-1 victory over Forest.

Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, Awoniyi and Emmanuel Dennis of Nottingham Forest, Southampton’s Paul Onuachu and Joe Aribo, remain neck-deep in the nail-biting tug-of-war to escape relegation at the end of the season.

Iwobi continued to go down gradually with hapless Everton falling 1-4 to another home defeat to a highly rejuvenated Newcastle United side at the Goodison Park.

Thursday’s defeat by Newcastle pushed the Toffees further down the relegation zone of the Premier League table to 19th position in the twenty-team log, in which the last placed three teams must go down to the Championship next season. Everton currently has 28 points from 33 games and are 3 points shy from the safe zone of the table, with 4 matches to go.

Also on Thursday, Onuachu and Aribo did not fare better having slumped to another defeat at home this time to fellow relegation threatened Bournemouth team at St Mary’s Stadium. Southampton presently occupies the last placement in the 20 team league table of the EPL with 24 points out of a total of 33 games.