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Dyche Makes Winning Nottingham Forest Debut as Penalties Sink Porto

The new manager’s pragmatic setup produced Forest’s first clean sheet since April, ending a 10-game winless run.

Overview

  • Morgan Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus converted penalties, with the second awarded after VAR overturned a diving booking against Nicolo Savona.
  • The victory marked Forest’s first Europa League win of the season, improving their position in the league-phase table.
  • Dyche had only two training sessions with the squad and said he wants to "play long and stretch teams" to find a more effective balance.
  • Porto suffered their first defeat of the campaign, and a Jan Bednarek finish from a corner was chalked off for offside on review.
  • Oleksandr Zinchenko left with a groin problem, Chris Wood and Dilane Bakwa were absent from training, and Forest now visit Bournemouth in the league sitting 18th.