Nottingham Forest won at Manchester United for the first time in 30 years to secure a second successive Premier League win over the Red Devils.
Goals in the 3-2 win came from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood as United were handed a home defeat at Old Trafford.
The Reds were brilliant throughout the game and even when United pushed for an equaliser, the sturdy rearguard stayed alert and managed to see the game out.
Gibbs-White heaped praise on Nuno Espirito Santo after the game yesterday, claiming a half-time tweak helped the team come out and win the game.
Jamie Redknapp hailed the Forest boss and the Reds now sit pretty in fifth place in the Premier League table.
The Reds have a talisman who simply can’t stop scoring at the moment in Wood and he made it double figures for the campaign in just the 15th match of the season.
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Jermain Defoe raves about Chris Wood after Forest beat Manchester United
The Reds were good value for their win against the Red Devils and it ensures the thrashing at the hands of Manchester City is completely forgotten about.
Wood is a striker in red-hot form and the number of goals he has scored has perhaps surprised some people.
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Defoe knows what it’s like to score goals regularly in the Premier League and he’s confessed that he’s a huge fan of the player.
He told SuperSport TV: “You talk about Chris Wood there, he’s a goalscorer! He gets into areas and he doesn’t really complicate anything. He’s a focal point when he needs to be, he holds up play and he gets himself into the box where he’s going to score goals.
“He’s efficient and he’s brave. To have 10 goals at this stage is amazing and he looks like he will get more. He wants to continue scoring goals and you never know what he can achieve.”
Wood will now be eyeing Premier League 100 club
Wood is now the outright top goalscorer for Forest when it comes to goals scored for the club in the Premier League.
However, he will be eyeing another record in the near future – but he might need a new Forest contract if he’s to achieve it.
Wood is now 21 goals away from joining the 100 club – with the likes of Defoe – and that might be something that he’s got his eye on.
The 33-year-old enjoyed a birthday to remember with a goal at Old Trafford and he’s not finished just yet this season.
The striker is very much the main man in the Forest team when it comes to strikers and as a model professional, he’s a leader in the dressing room.
Espirito Santo has placed his faith in the talisman and he will now hope to see more goals come as the season progresses into the second half.
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