Nottingham Forest won at Manchester United for the first time in 30 years and the final whistle reactions were simply priceless.
Forest won courtesy of goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood, with the current crop emulating the class of 1994 by winning at Old Trafford.
Nuno Espirito Santo was hailed by Gibbs-White after his half-time team talk that gave Forest fresh impetus and the verve to go on and claim a big three points.
Jamie Redknapp was impressed with the Forest head coach and it’s apparent that the Reds have truly kicked on this season.
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Nottingham Forest FC at Old Trafford...
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Phil Jones shares what makes Nottingham Forest so brilliant
It wasn’t just the former Forest players who were praising the Reds for their Old Trafford performance but Phil Jones was impressed too.
He confesses that he’s been surprised with Forest this season but admits their run of form isn’t lucky at all.
Forest had endured a little blip with successive defeats to Newcastle and Arsenal but now wins over Ipswich and United have pushed Forest forward again.
He said on Sky Sports: “I think they’ve done brilliantly this season. They’ve surprised quite a few.
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“The way they set up when they go to the big teams. They did it at Liverpool, really stifled them closed the spaces down, made themselves difficult to play against.
“Not just the defensive structure though, they then have the ability to carry a threat on the counter which they did today. I thought they were terrific.”
Espirito Santo has done brilliant well to get this Forest team firing and there is real quality all over the dressing room right now.
Even when Forest made substitutes yesterday, it was quality players entering the fray unlike last season when that wasn’t a thing.
Morato was one player who once again entered the fray and didn’t concede goal – standing firm with everything that United threw at Forest.
Jones is right to praise Forest and being fifth in the Premier League certainly isn’t to be sniffed at right now.
It’s hard to imagine it lasting all season but with Espirito Santo playing all the right notes at the moment and long may that continue.