Nottingham Forest have taken a commanding step towards securing Champions League football with victory over Manchester United at the City Ground.
Anthony Elanga’s superb solo effort against his former side five minutes into the game was the difference on Tuesday night.
Racing forward from deep in his own half, the Sweden international evaded challenges from three United players, keeping his cool too slot past Andre Onana.
Diogo Dalot was denied by the cross bar in the second-half but United struggled to create anything of real note.
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Harry Maguire was denied an equaliser deep in injury time with Murillo making a stunning goal line clearance to deny the centre-half.
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The result keeps Forest in third place, now eight points clear of fourth place Chelsea and nine ahead of Manchester City.
United remain marooned in 13th.
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FULL-TIME! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Man Utd
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Forest get the win!
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90 mins | How has Maguire missed that?! Dorgu bursts down the left and lifts an excellent cross into the makeshift striker. He’s dead centre of the goal but gets his header all wrong and sends it across and out for a goal kick.
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85 mins | Harry Maguire comes on for Yoro and the big man heads straight up front.
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78 mins | A slightly-miffed looking Zirkzee has been replaced by Mason Mount.
Moments later, Mount almost curls one home! His effort is just wide from the far post.
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73 mins | Garnacho gets the ball on the edge of the box, ignoring Dorgu’s overlapping run and blasts a horrid effort over the bar.
It’s been pretty woeful from the Argentine tonight.
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58 mins | Another change and Christian Eriksen comes onto replace Casemiro.
Amorim has now withdrawn both his starting midfielders.
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51 mins | Really bad stuff from Garnacho. He inexplicably loses the ball on the edge of his own box with Morgan-White onto it. He fires a wild shot over the bar and it’s a huge let-off for the Argentine.
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50 mins | Onana produces a fine save to deny Yates who flicked an effort on goal that was looking to creep inside the near post. Offside flag was up anyway.
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48 mins | Hojlund is immediately involved, making the run inside his marker and firing across goal via a deflection.
The corner comes in and Casemiro meets it but again it’s straight at Sels.
SECOND-HALF UNDERWAY
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We are back underway with one United change to bring you – Rasmus Hojlund enters the fray to replace Ugarte.
HALF-TIME!
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Forest have the lead, but United will feel they are still in this.
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48 mins | Deep into added time, Zirkzee flicks a wonderful ball into the path of Garnacho who can race forward with acres of space in front of him.
But once again, his first touch is woeful, allowing Milenkovic to nip across and mop up.
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45 mins | Onana collects a header from Morato but then proceeds to hopelessly launch a ball forward to absolutely no one.
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42 mins | Rasmus Hojlund is warming up down the touchline as we approach half-time. Zirkzee has done relatively well so far this evening but hasn’t been much of a presence in the box. United need an option up there.
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39 mins | A big problem for Forest; Ola Aina is being forced off, limping down the tunnel with Alex Moreno onto replace him.
Another Forest change follows a few moments later – this one seemingly a tactical one as Morato comes on for Danilo.
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34 mins | United deal with the corner and Fernandes produces a sublime pass to free Garnacho down the right. It’s pretty appalling from the Argentine however who has the ball immediately nicked off him.
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32 mins | Forest fling a deep free kick into the box and de Ligt nervously pokes it away for a corner.
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27 mins | Dalot’s header comes off the bar! Good work again on corners from United with the full-back’s header striking the frame of the goal. De Ligt is on the rebound his his strike isn’t a clean one and Sels saves.
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24 mins | Garnacho bounds forward but his touch is loose and it invites Yates to dive in and make the interception. The Forest man comes off the worse of the two and the hosts get the free kick.
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20 mins | Elanga now sprints past Ugarte like he wasn’t there. His pace is terrifying United at the moment.
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