There were a number of top performances in Istanbul on Thursday night as Nottingham Forest ran out 3-0 winners over Fenerbahce.
The Reds claimed a big first-leg advantage over the Turkish outfit and will now be heavy favourites to finish the job at the City Ground next Thursday.
Murillo, Igor Jesus and Morgan Gibbs-White scored the goals for Forest on home soil, with Vitor Pereira getting off to a winning start as the new head coach.
After a number of strong displays from the players wearing the all-red Garibaldi strips, fans have been voting for their Man of the Match, and the winner is unanimous.
Nottingham Forest star Igor Jesus scores vs Fenerbahce
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Nottingham Forest fans vote Ibrahim Sangare as their Man of the Match
Sangare has been extremely impressive in recent weeks, and he put in another strong performance against Fenerbahce.
The Ivorian is really starting to prove his worth to the Forest fan base and justify his £30 million price tag with a run of fine performances.
Following the win in Turkey, fans voted for their Man of the Match on TalkingPoints, with the results now in.
Sangare took a massive 60% of the votes, with Murillo coming in second place with 17% and Gibbs-White coming third with 10%. There is still time to cast your votes below!
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Sangare has quickly become one of Forest’s most important players of late, and his importance to the team doesn’t go unnoticed.
The player is seemingly at the peak of his powers right now, and Forest are extremely lucky to have him as part of their team given the current situation.
His performance against Fenerbahce was once again fantastic, and he managed to upstage N’Golo Kanté who had attracted big attention after his move to the Turkish team.
Sangare was mesmerising once again in the Forest team and he richly deserved to be named as the Man of the Match by the fans.
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