Nottingham Forest’s dream season continues as they went third in the Premier League following their 2-0 win at Brentford on Saturday.
The Reds made it three Premier League wins in a row for the second time this term as goals from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga.
While most of Nottingham Forest’s players impressed on the day, one delivered arguably his best display for the Reds at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Nottingham Forest's Murillo during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Nottingham Forest FC at Old Trafford on December 7, 20...
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Murillo dazzles for Nottingham Forest at Brentford
The player in question is Murillo, who delivered a performance that the Nottingham Post said would yield a “lengthy highlights reel”.
The Brazil international was a rock at the back for Forest, clocking up nine clearances, three interceptions, one block and one tackle.
Murillo’s distribution was also great, completing 19 of his 20 passes for a 95 percent accuracy and finding the target with all four of his long balls.
In addition, the 22-year-old won both of his aerial duels and one of his ground duels on the day.
Murillo was an injury doubt for the game but he was fine to start and played a huge part in guaranteeing Forest a top-four spot by Christmas.
Forest struck gold when they signed Murillo for just £15million as he’s gone from strength to strength at the City Ground.
Indeed, Murillo’s display at Brentford was arguably one of the finest individual centre-half performances in the Premier League for quite a while.
There’s little doubt that Murillo is destined for the very top and, with Forest now firmly in the top four, the future looks bright for player and club.
Murillo action map for #NFFC v #BrentforfFC.
Might have been his best performance in a Forest shirt today – the move to a back 3 really allows Murillo to shine even more.
He read the play so well, both in jumping out to intercept and carry the ball like he did in the first… pic.twitter.com/V0OhOCfi4u
— WT Analysis (@wt_analysis) December 21, 2024
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Murillo praised by Ian Wright and Alan Shearer
In September, Ian Wright said Murillo was fast becoming one his favourite players to watch in the Premier League.
Wright said: “The way they defended, you know, he’s getting to be one of my favourite players to watch, Murillo at the back for Forest.
“He’s so good, he’s so good on the ball. He’s passing out of defence, he’s very good.”
Meanwhile, Alan Shearer praised Murillo’s ‘commanding’ credentials earlier this season.
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