Nottingham Forest won 3-2 at Manchester United on Saturday and it was three points that the Reds richly deserved.
Nikola Milenkovic opened the scoring after less than two minutes with Forest scoring early at Old Trafford for the second successive campaign.
Last season the Reds were beaten 3-2 by United but this time around it was Forest on the right end of the same scoreline at Old Trafford.
Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood were also on the score sheet at the weekend and the Reds stood firm to go fifth in the Premier League.
Nuno Espirito Santo was praised by Jamie Redknapp for the work that he’s been doing at Forest and right now, he’s got a squad to be proud of.
Wood hailed Gibbs-White after his tenth goal of the season at Old Trafford but there were other strong performances too.
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Ryan Yates praised for what he did to Bruno Fernandes vs Manchester United
As far as being a captain goes, Yates and Fernandes are like chalk and cheese it has to be said.
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Whilst Fernandes is often petulant and at times it feels like he’s handcuffed to the referee, Yates goes about his business in a professional manner.
It’s a shame for Fernandes but his antics on a football pitch let him down considering how much quality he actually possesses as a player.
Izzy Christensen was covering the game for BBC Radio 5 Live on Saturday and she shared something she noticed about Yates during the game.
The pundit said: “Ryan Yates, the captain, is following Bruno Fernandes everywhere. He’s making contact with Fernandes every time he gets the ball. Yates has had an excellent game.”
Fernandes can learn a lot from Yates
The Forest captain goes about his business in passionate circumstances and he simply loves winding opposition players up.
There is nothing wrong with that and his game is all about disrupting the rhythm of his opposite number.
The United man, however, comes across as really mardy – to coin a Nottingham expression – and James Perch made that analysis on Saturday about Fernandes.
Forest are fortunate to have Yates and there is something quite romantic about someone from the area captaining the club in the Premier League.
Whenever Forest take on one of the league’s big boys, Yates seems to wind someone up and on Saturday it was the turn of Fernandes to be stopped in his tracks.
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