Nottingham Forest 1 Man Utd 0 – How Elanga’s seven touches in nine seconds cut Amorim’s team apart
Anthony Elanga scored a thrilling solo goal cutting through Manchester United at pace to tighten Nottingham Forest’s grip on a surprise Champions League place next season and leave Ruben Amorim’s side languishing 13th in the Premier League.The former United forward covered 85 metres in nine seconds, taking seven touches, the last of which was a shot past Andre Onana to give Forest the lead after five minutes.AdvertisementUnited, like many teams against Forest, had plenty of possession and Diogo Dalot hit the crossbar while Ryan Yates blocked well from Alejandro Garnacho but they could not find a way back level, with Murillo clearing the ball off the line from Harry Maguire at the death and celebrating in style.Amorim’s side are still to win back-to-back in the Premier League this season.Here Carl Anka, Paul Taylor and Conor O’Neill breakdown the key talking […]