Shocking Nottingham opened the Premier League day with an emphatic 1-3 victory over Leicester at the King Power Stadium which temporarily puts them in fifth place, 5 points behind leaders Liverpool. Your coach, Nuno Holy Spirit, He enjoyed from the stands when he was sanctioned.
Forest won the East Midlands derby thanks to their strength as visitors (they are unbeaten in their five away games at the City Ground) and the scoring instinct of Chris Woods who won his duel against another veteran, Jamie Vardy and after his double he had scored 7 of his team’s 11 goals. There was only one person ahead of him Erling Haaland (10).
Minutes of silence for those who fell in World War
Before the game, an emotional minute of silence was observed in honor of those who fell in the First World War. The players wore a symbolic ‘poppy’ on their shirts on the Premier’s traditional annual day in memory of the war victims.
After the first quarter of an hour, Forest opened the scoring for their first time. James Justin’s clearance was poor and left a dead ball on the edge of the area which Ryan Yates took advantage of to score a tight shot.
Vardy equalized with his fourth goal
The replica of Jamie Vardy didn’t wait. The 37-year-old striker barely showed up when, in the 23rd minute, he showed his opportunism to equalize by putting the tip of his boot to a good cross from the left by Harry Winks. It was his fourth Premier goal in just ten shots. A very high percentage of effectiveness.
The 1-1 scoreline did not affect Forest, who did not lead at half-time thanks to two saves from Dane Mads Hermansen. First, he miraculously served with one foot, as if it were a handball goalkeeper, a ball that, alone, Nico Domínguez broke after falling to him in a corner.
Soon after, Hermansen reappeared, superbly, with a whiplash from Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Wooden sentences with double
But, as soon as the second half began, Chris Wood, another 32-year-old rocker, did not want to be inferior to Vardy and ended Leicester with a double that confirmed him as the ‘Pichichi’ of his team, which with 7 goals out of 11 he scored across Forest in the Premier.
Wood, who barely appeared, made it 1-2 with a real center forward move. The New Zealander received the ball from Elliot Anderson with his back and in the blink of an eye he turned in front of center back Caleb Okoli and took a shot with supreme precision on the turn (47′).
Big mistake by Faes
As Leicester’s attempts passed Facundo Buonanotte again and again, with no luck on goal, Wood again showed his great effectiveness and opportunism with a long throw-in by goalkeeper Matz Sels. Wout Faes misjudged the jump and caught the ball with his head backwards. Wood, cleverly, took advantage of the mistake to, also with his head and without letting it fall, past Hermansen on his half way out (60′).
Forest, so serious in defence, gave Leicester no chance to get into the game and could have extended their lead on a clear occasion, but Yates, with all the goals himself, finished high.
match lineup
30
21
2
8
3
5
7
6
9
40
10
26
34
19
16
31
5
21
22
11
8
14
King Power Stadium
Matz Sels26
34′
67′
Ola Aina34
Alex Moreno19
40′
71′
57′
Nicolas Dominguez16
77′
Nikola Milenkovic31
94′
Murillo5
Anthony Elanga21
75′
73′
Ryan Yates22
15′
22′
Chris Wood11
46′
59′
80′
Elliot Anderson8
71′
45′
67′
Callum Hudson-Odoi14
75′
Replacements
Carlos Miguel33
Morato4
71′
Neco Williams7
71′
67′
Harry Toffolo15
Willy-Arnaud Boly30
73′
93′
James Ward-Prowse18
Taiwo Awoniyi9
80′
67′
87′
Jota Silva20
75′
Ramon Sosa24
75′
coach
Steve Cooper
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo
Source: La Verdad
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