Nottingham Forest FC suffered a narrow defeat against Sunderland AFC in a closely contested Premier League match. Sunderland snatched the win with a 35th-minute strike from striker Ellis Simms, who broke the deadlock with a powerful header. The three points lifted Sunderland out of the relegation zone, while Forest's loss left them teetering on the edge of the drop zone, with their top-seven hopes now in severe doubt.