N Forest 3 – 0 West Ham

Chris Wooden continued his wonderful kind in entrance of objective after netting the opener in opposition to West Ham United throughout a 3-0 win which took Nottingham Forest into third for the primary time since 1998.

The Forest ahead headed house with the primary shot heading in the right direction for both facet on the afternoon after latching onto Alex Moreno’s cross from the left (27).

Wooden has now netted eight targets in his final eight appearances for membership and nation, as he continues to stake his declare as critical opposition to Manchester Metropolis ahead Erling Haaland within the race for the golden boot.

After coming near equalising via Lucas Paqueta and his effort that was cleared off the road, West Ham’s distress within the first half was compounded by a purple card for Edson Alvarez.

The midfielder picked up two bookings within the area of three minutes to cut back his facet to 10 gamers after leaving referee Peter Bankes with no selection by lunging in on Anthony Elanga.

Callum Hudson-Odoi had been closely concerned all through the fixture and ultimately bought his title on the scoresheet after curling in a second for the hosts from exterior the field (65).

Ola Aina went on so as to add a 3rd and arguably the choose of the bunch as he capitalised on an error from Jean-Clair Todibo earlier than lashing an effort into the highest left nook to round-off a formidable victory for his high-flying facet.

Nuno: Prime 4 means nothing now

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo:

“I feel all of us needs to be pleased with the way in which we carried out, we began the sport effectively and managed their menace whereas being constructive going ahead.

“The purple card modified the whole lot however the gamers understood to not be complacent. That is what soccer is about, incredible second for us and the followers.”

“Pushed for a solution on his hopes for the season after breaking into the highest 4, Nuno added: “You understand me. It’s 10 minutes after the sport however I’m fascinated by the subsequent coaching session.

“It doesn’t suggest something now. We have now to maintain going as it is a ver lengthy season forward of us. Optimistic second however we must always preserve going.”

Forest within the prime 4 – why not?

Sky Sports activities’ Patrick Rowe:

“It’s all going proper for Forest presently. Wooden has remodeled himself into one of the vital deadly strikers within the prime flight of English soccer and the group have ascended into the highest three of the Premier League.

“The sky is the restrict for this facet. They’ve heaps of high quality surrounding their in-form striker and confirmed that via Hudson-Odoi, Aina and the expertise they referred to as upon from the bench.

“You’ll be naive to suppose this was only a purple patch of kind, we have seen that groups like Aston Villa can problem prime groups for Champions League soccer – so why cannot Forest be the most recent to do that?

“They’ve all the required elements on the prepared and proceed to churn out performances and outcomes in opposition to strong opponents.

“The upcoming conferences in opposition to Newcastle and Arsenal might be essential in figuring out what the ceiling for this group actually is.”

Lopetegui: We have now to turn out to be a greater group

West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui:

“Second half we needed to change our plan and take into consideration how we will face the sport. If we didn’t endure the second objective, we may have drawn the match. It was a tricky night time for us.

“We have now to make use of this dangerous second to push us up and ahead. We have now to compete higher and be extra constant.

“That is my work. It’s about consistency and we’d like that. We have now to turn out to be a greater group, for certain. We have now numerous good gamers and we will do higher.

“There have been moments we may have drawn the match. It is a second we’ve to stay collectively and to recognise we will all do higher defensively. We have now to look ahead for the subsequent problem.”

West Ham struggles proceed

Sky Sports activities’ Patrick Rowe:

“It was a 3rd formation change of the season from Julen Lopetegui, as he returned to the 3-4-3 he used throughout the 3-0 defeat to Chelsea.

“Within the early levels of the sport, it regarded as if the mix of Max Kilman, Jean-Clair Todibo and Konstantinos Mavropanos may preserve the in-form Wooden quiet after he was restricted to simply eight touches within the first 25-minutes.

“Nevertheless, the Forest ahead nodded within the opener moments later and it was not lengthy earlier than West Ham have been lowered to 10 and the sport spiralled out of their management.

“Lopetegui was fast to level out after the sport that the consequence didn’t solely fall on the shoulders of Alvarez and as an alternative checked out his group as a collective by insisting they should be higher throughout all fronts. And he was proper.

“West Ham began effectively however unravelled even earlier than the purple card. If they’re to forestall this season from tapering off into mid-table mediocrity – or one thing a lot worse – they’ve to enhance throughout all areas.

“In the mean time, they appear like a group missing route.”

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