Nottingham Forest were thrashed by Leeds United at Elland Road as the Whites moved nine clear of the relegation zone.
The Reds were blown away inside 35 minutes as Jayden Bogle and Noah Okafor scored within three-and-a-half minutes of each other.
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Truly embarrassing!
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin added a third just after half-time, and Sean Dyche’s decision to not make any substitutes at the interval was frankly, laughable!
Forest got one back in the closing stages when Lorenzo Lucca nodded home a teasing cross from Omari Hutchinson, and that was the end of the scoring.
Lorenzo Lucca scores for Nottingham Forest.
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Sean Dyche hinted he’d messed up his team selection after six minutes
Dyche was spotted on Sky Sports screaming to Igor Jesus after just six minutes to hold the ball up better than he did in the first five minutes.
The Forest head coach looked frustrated with the Brazilian, but ultimately, whenever the ball went up to Jesus, he was isolated.
With that in mind, it was surely a better idea to start Lorenzo Lucca in this game, given that the 6ft 7in striker has been signed for that exact reason.
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Given that Dyche was going mad at Jesus after just six minutes, it suggests that the head coach clearly feel that he made a big mistake with this team selection.
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Lucca deserves start vs Wolves
Forest have to go and beat Wolves on Wednesday night and things could get very bad for Dyche if the Reds don’t get three points next week.
The Reds simply have to go out and beat the bottom club if they’re to have any chance of surviving relegation this season and Lucca now deserves a start.
Lucca is only one Premier League goal behind Jesus with his goal against Leeds and given how well he took his goal, he richly deserves a starting berth.
Dyche will know he got a lot of things wrong against Leeds, and it’s now on him to sort things out and ensure Forest don’t get sucked into the dog fight once again.
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