Nottingham Forest

Manchester United loanee Dean Henderson and ex-Red Devil Jesse Lingard were the key men as Nottingham Forest defeated West Ham United.

He had a real impact on how we played as high up the pitch as we did. "We didn't deserve the result, that's for sure. For Forest, meanwhile, it's a dream home start to life back in the big time. He balanced off his game staying with midfield players and being with the two strikers. "Second half, the plan wasn't so much to sit off and see out the game, but I understand why the team had to play with a bit more caution. His ball ricocheted off Ben Johnson into the run of Awoniyi, with his stride having enough force to divert the ball past Lukasz Fabianski in first half stoppage-time. Alongside Lingard, the ex-Red Devils were proving to be the heroes for Forest. He also put himself on Kurt Zouma throughout in a real physical battle, when he should've shown the nous of taking the easier route by imposing himself on the shakier Ben Johnson instead. During the drinks break midway through the half, David Moyes was deep in conversation with him, in an attempt to rejuvenate his play. Lingard was constantly in space, played a few dangerous throughballs, instigated counter-attacks, and tracked back throughout to help defensively, particularly on the left wing. Thankfully, the changes were not to the structure of the ground, as the noise reverberated off the steel around this old-school stadium wonderfully. "Catching up 23 years in six weeks" was the phrase coming out of the club this week, and that was evident in the starting lineup, featuring eight new arrivals.

The City Ground had not hosted a top-flight match since 1999 and Taiwo Awoniyi ensured it was a winning homecoming for Forest.

It was 100mph stuff and West Ham were again a lick of paint from an equaliser as Benrahma was denied by the woodwork, when his 20-yard free-kick hit the underside of the crossbar and into the grateful hands of Henderson. But Forest rediscovered their verve and soon suffered their own VAR misfortune as they had a goal disallowed. West Ham were millimetres from levelling within 25 seconds of the restart as Fornals sent a curling 20-yard effort crashing into the underside of the crossbar, with Tomas Soucek seeing his header from the rebound saved by Henderson. The Hammers were in danger of being overran, but were able to get a foothold in the game and thought they had taken the lead in the 42nd minute, only for VAR to intervene. Luckily Ben Johnson diverted it on to the knee of Awoniyi and the ball ended up in the bottom corner. The City Ground had not hosted a top-flight match since 1999 and Taiwo Awoniyi ensured it was a winning homecoming for Forest with his first-half goal.

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Nottingham Forest picked up its first win and first goal in a Premier League match since 1999. The last Premier League score game from Chris Bart-Williams in the 76th minute against Leicester City on May 16, 1999. Awoniyi scored the first goal for Forest in a Premier League match since 1999.

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- Nottingham Forest fans all saying the same thing after West Ham win The mood on Trentside is already jubilant and another signing has added to a successful weekend for the Reds. The 30-year-old midfielder joins from Serie A side Atalanta, where he spent six-and-a-half seasons and made 260 appearances.

The Swiss captain and midfielder Remo Freuler is Nottingham Forest's 15th summer signing while Everton have rejected Chelsea's £40m bid for Anthony Gordon.

Tottenham have confirmed a five-year contract with Destiny Udogie, the 19-year-old Udinese defender, but although he will have a medical this week, he will join Spurs from next summer. We are still in that process of becoming that team and squad we want to be. “There’s been a real rationale behind it and it’s been a real necessity.

Nottingham Forest have made Remo Freuler their 15th summer signing and boss Steve Cooper made no apologies for the influx of players.

We have a couple of weeks left of the window so there will definitely be ins and outs." "There's been a real rationale behind it and it's been a real necessity. We have had no choice.