By beating West Ham 3-0 on Saturday for the 10th day of the Premier League, Nottingham Forest signed their third victory in a row in all competitions. Nuno Espirito Santo's team is provisionally third in the English championship.
What if it was more than just a surprise? The good story continues for Nottingham Forest. This Saturday, the team led by Nuno Espirito Santo played an ugly trick at West Ham. Well helped by the red card received by Alvarez and his numerical superiority, Nottingham Forest won 3-0 thanks to goals from Wood (27th), Hudson-Odoi (65th) and Aina (78th).
While the future of Julen Lopetegui on the Hammers bench is written in dotted lines, Nottingham Forest takes advantage of Arsenal's defeat against Newcastle (1-0) to take the third step of the podium while waiting for the end of this 10th day of the championship and in particular of the fourth-placed Chelsea match on the Manchester United pitch this Sunday (5:30 p.m.).
Forest in the top 4, a first since 1988
Nottingham Forest had not appeared in the top 4 since 1988. This return to the forefront of a legendary club in English football (two victories in the Champions League in 1979 and 1980) is symbolized by the success of Chris Wood. Again scoring this Saturday, the New Zealand international has already scored eight times in the Premier League this season. He is in second place in the scorers ranking tied with Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), three points behind Erling Haaland.
With only one defeat on the clock (against Fulham, 0-1), Forest can dream even if the schedule looks very complicated in the coming weeks with Newcastle, Ipswich, Arsenal (which has just lost against Newcastle), Manchester City ( defeated at Bournemouth) and United in the next five matches.
