The highest-ranked yet visitors to the stadium where goals and victories had previously rained down for Thomas Frank’s team kept Brentford at bay with a mix of discipline and cutting edge, their goals from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga both pincer movements seizing on defensive disorganisation.
Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga help Nottingham Forest ease past Brentford Finally.
The Premier League season’s surprise package took down the best home record as Nottingham Forest solidified the top-four place for Christmas they had kicked off in after Manchester City’s latest disaster.
Ryan Yates, Forest’s agitator, was only fit enough for the bench, leaving Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson as the midfield pairing in front of a back three.
Yoane Wissa’s run and ball inside fed Mikkel Damsgaard, usually Brentford’s creator, who forced Matz Sels to save in the fourth minute.
