Lolley’s got it licked as Forest close on Albion

JOE LOLLEY isn’t melting in the heat of the Championship promotion race and last night he helped NOTTINGHAM FOREST pile pressure on the top two. The winger’s eighth goal of the season, on 14 minutes, gave his side a 1-0 win at fellow promotion hopefuls BRENTFORD. Forest, seeking to return to the Premier League for the first time in 21 years, are two points behind second-placed West Bromwich. ‘We forced Brentford to play in a different way, with more long balls,’ said Forest manager Sabri Lamouchi. ‘It is a massive win.’ Bees manager Thomas Frank said: ‘They had one purpose: to make it scrappy from minute one.’ As Forest rise, WEST BROMWICH

ALBION crumble. Starting the day in top spot, they lost 2-1 at CARDIFF and have now gone seven league games without a win. Callum Paterson put the hosts 1-0 ahead but Charlie Austin equalised from the spot with his first touch, seconds after coming off the bench. The Welsh side won it when Lee Tomlin stroked a beautiful free-kick into the top corner. West Brom boss Slaven Bilic said: ‘It’s simply not good enough at the moment. The guys need to look at each other, not as soon as possible but now. We can’t say we were unlucky for seven games, we can’t blame anybody but us.’ Former England captain Wayne Rooney scored his first goal for

DERBY but his new side went down 3-2 in a thrilling match at LUTON. Rooney’s deflected shot made it 1-0 but bottom-of-the-table Luton fought back and Jayden Bogle’s 86th-minute own goal gave them a 3-2 win. Max Lowe was sent off for Derby after appearing to push referee Andy Davies.