There’s nothing lucky about Forest’s rise with Nuno’s hot hand at the controls | Jonathan Wilson Manager’s clarity of vision has ensured that confidence has blossomed at the Premier League’s surprise package.
And it always seemed a little odd that two of the real boom areas of sports science – data analytics and psychology – would take up apparently contradictory positions: one insisting a positive mental outlook meant nothing and the other that it was essential.
Which brings us to Nottingham Forest, who before the weekend fixtures sat third in the Premier League having taken four points off the league leaders Liverpool this season.
The result is the result and, although Liverpool won the xG 2.0–0.3, to say that Forest were somehow lucky is to ignore both how comfortable they seemed in the first three-quarters of the game, and the consistency of their results this season.
There are days when you feel invincible, when every putt drops, when every ball pitches in the right place, when you claim every cross.
