Nottingham Forest enjoyed another fine afternoon in the Premier League on Saturday as Ipswich Town were beaten 4-2 at Portman Road.
This was a potential banana skin for the Reds. Although Kieran McKenna’s team haven’t yet won in 2025, they did put up one hell of a fight against Forest in the FA Cup.
However, it was a case of danger averted as a devastating six-minute spell that saw Forest score three times but Ipswich to the sword and edged them closer to the EFL.
Goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Jota Silva and two from Anthony Elanga ensured a pretty comprehensive victory for Nuno Espirito Santo’s men.
Morgan Gibbs-White was called into the England squad on Sunday. His performance was good against the Tractor Boys and Cole Palmer’s injury opened the door for him.
It wasn’t the England man who necessarily got the lionshare of the praise on this occasion, however, with another player coming to the fore against the relegation-threatened side.
Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images
Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images
Emmanuel Adebayor sends message to Anthony Elanga
The Forest winger scored more than once for the first time during a single game for the first time during his career against Ipswich and now he will be craving more.
It’s not clear how Elanga knows Adebayor or if they’ve ever met at all, but he clearly felt happy enough to send him a message on Instagram after his two-goal haul.
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He posted on his story: “@anthonyelanga on fire.”
Adebayor also posted three flame emojis and three fully charged emojis on the picture that has been doing the rounds of Elanga celebrating by leaping high into the air.
Anthony Elanga stats vs Ipswich
The winger was in truly fine form against Ipswich at the weekend and it was great to see someone else chip in with some goals.
Elanga took both of his goals extremely well, with his first goal an exquisite finish with his weak foot that left the goalkeeper with absolutely no chance.
Anthony Elanga stats vs Ipswich Total
Minutes 66
Goals 2
Touches 32
Pass Accuracy 86.7%
At 22-years-old, it’s extremely exciting to see how far Elanga can go in football and at £15 million, he looks like a steal of a signing.
The challenge for the Sweden international has always been consistency and since the turn of the year, he’s been right up there among the team’s best players.