Nottingham Forest beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday to end 30 years of hurt at the Theatre of Dreams.
Stan Collymore hailed Forest and the last time the Reds won there he was strutting his stuff, scoring the winning goal in 1994.
Forest needed to dig deep to hold on to all three points with goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood winning the day for the Reds.
Robbie Earle praised Milenkvic for his efforts and at £12 million, the Reds completed a real transfer coup in the summer.
There were other star performers too and Wood can now consider himself the top goalscorer in the Premier League era for Forest.
It’s a positive time to be a Forest supporter and after Saturday’s results the Reds are sitting fifth in the Premier League table.
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Two Nottingham Forest players named in the Premier League Team of the Week
When it comes to picking a Team of the Week compilation it’s important to provide context.
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It really is a case of just one man’s opinion and if you’re Troy Deeney you couldn’t make it any more obvious that there is an axe to grind.
Forest have now had no players included in his Team of the Week after wins against both Liverpool and Manchester United. Make it make sense.
Thankfully, Alan Shearer is on hand to bring some common sense.
Despite omitting history-maker, Wood, he has included Milenkovic and Gibbs-White in his pick of the week’s best performers.
On the big Serbian star, Shearer said on the Premier League website: “Scored with a towering header and consistently put his body on the line at the other end of the pitch.”
Gibbs-White bagged a goal that really shouldn’t have gone in with Andre Onana making a serious howler – but nonetheless, he will take it.
He said on the Forest vice-captain: “A terrific performance, registering a goal and an assist as Forest earned their first victory at Old Trafford in 30 years.”
Forest having settled rearguard is secret to successs
Last season, there were far too many defensive changes to allow Forest to get anything going.
At centre-back in particular, it was always a case of Murillo plus one other player and that simply won’t do when it comes to consistency.
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The rearguard is something that Nuno Espirito Santo has clearly worked hard at and the rewards on the pitch are now clear for all to say.
Having Milenkovic to call upon alongside Murillo is quite something and Morato as the backup option is also doing well when he gets on too.
Forest have a team to be proud of now it looks as though any threat of relegation is already off the table this season.
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