Gibbs-White nets hat-trick as Forest come from behind to thrash Burnley

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Forest[/a] went into this Trentside clash with the chance to move five points clear of the dropzone – something widely expected given [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/burnley/z3dmTMMO/"]Burnley[/a]’s plight.[/p][p]However, to say the opening 20 minutes were a non-event would be something of an understatement, as not a single shot was fired in before the 25th minute, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ward-prowse-james/GxdkTszJ/"]James Ward-Prowse[/a] went for goal with a 30-yard free-kick.[/p][p]His free-kick bounced just in front of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sels-matz/Qqo54dB7/"]Matz Sels[/a] and forced him to turn the ball away to safety, but aside from that, precious little happened.[/p][p]Despite not lacking an incentive to take the game to Burnley, the hosts were left with a potential mountain to climb after the break, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/parker-scott/YuNX1zGT/"]Scott Parker[/a]’s men hit them with a sucker punch on the stroke of half-time.[/p][p]After a ball fell kindly in the middle of the pitch, a quick Burnley move saw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hartman-quilindschy/Ag0dIp2F/"]Quilindschy Hartman[/a] cut the ball back for top scorer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/flemming-zian/KCdpVxYS/"]Zian Flemming[/a] to sweep home his ninth league goal of the season. [/p][image alt="Momentum" id="5f5d1bc6-1767-49e8-a9ee-cd00247a059a" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="5c95b658-e318-49e4-8254-ac0a000118ad" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p]A huge chance of an equaliser presented itself within 10 minutes of the restart, when substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/igor-jesus/zPQTw5fe/"]Igor Jesus[/a] saw his deflected effort fall perfectly to the unmarked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gibbs-white-morgan/beZNT1bB/"]Morgan Gibbs-White[/a], but he could only fluff an effort wide of the target.[/p][p]The Forest talisman soon atoned for his error, ghosting in around the back to latch on to a hopeful cross into the box that Ward-Prowse headed perfectly into his path and taking one touch to steady himself before finding the bottom corner with his second. [/p][p]The comeback was complete only six minutes later, and it was that man Gibbs-White again, ghosting in around the back once more to volley home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/giraud-hutchinson-omari/pQLd3K5k/"]Omari Hutchinson[/a]’s inch-perfect delivery.[/p][p]It was always set to be a nervy ending for the Trick Trees, but Gibbs-White produced a sumptuous header from the penalty spot 12 minutes from time to complete his hat-trick and secure Forest three huge points in their battle to beat the drop as they now boast a healthy cushion to the drop zone.[/p][p]Jesus added a fourth in the last seconds of the game, which moves Burnley to the brink of relegation, which could be confirmed as soon as Wednesday night.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="054c8489-134a-4c0c-9303-926171c4351a" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="6d0c529b-80b1-48aa-89e8-467d1c9c965c" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gibbs-white-morgan/beZNT1bB/"]Morgan Gibbs-White[/a] ([/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"][b]Nottingham Fores[/b][b]t[/b][/a][b])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/burnley-z3dmTMMO/nottingham-UsushcZr/?mid=hx84D7tQ"]Get all the match stats here with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]