Leeds United 0 Nottingham Forest 1: YEP player ratings
Marco Silvestri
Could have got a stronger hand to Oliveira’s header but Forest would have murdered their Portuguese striker if he’d failed to bury it. 6/10
Scott Wootton
Took a bit of abuse when he was substituted but the same fact remains: solid or not, Wootton is a centre-back being asked to play right-back. 5/10
Giuseppe Bellusci
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Hide AdHe and Cooper were posted missing as Forest scored, expecting an offside flag, but he was United’s best defender again. 7/10
Liam Cooper
In the main, Forest were kept at close range by Leeds and it would be wrong to point the finger at their backline. 6/10
Charlie Taylor
His crossing could have been more telling but there is not much to aim at and he made a couple of important tackles. 6/10
Liam Bridcutt
Although Forest sat back, their midfield was far more mobile and dangerous than United’s and Bridcutt did not have a great day. 5/10
Toumani Diagouraga
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Hide AdDominant at Bolton but couldn’t impose himself on Forest and found the pace of the contest a challenge. 5/10
Stuart Dallas
Led a quick start from Leeds and was the one player who caused trouble when the ball came to him, 6/10
Lewis Cook
A thankless afternoon in the number 10 role as Vaughan targeted him and Forest marked him out of that position. 5/10
Souleymane Doukara
Almost scored with an early header but faded and was caught napping in the move when Forest scored. 5/10
Mirco Antenucci
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Hide AdCould have played all night without scoring. Had nothing to work with and couldn’t create anything himself. 5/10
Substitutes:
Mustapha Carayol (for Dallas, 70) - Brought a bit more urgency to the performance without looking like forcing the issue. 5/10
Lee Erwin (for Diagouraga, 81) - Not the sort of chance he wants: a short run-out in a game where Leeds are struggling to create. 5/10
Tom Adeyemi (for Wootton, 90) - Appeared too late to have any real impact. 5/10
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Hide AdSubs (not used): Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Lewie Coyle, Sol Bamba, Luke Murphy.
Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland) - He and his officials made a fair number of dubious decisions but they could not be blamed for the result. 6/10
Attendance: 24,079
Nottingham Forest:
Dorus De Vries - 6
Eric Lichaj - 6
Matt Mills - 7
Michael Mancienne - 7
Bojan Jokic - 6
David Vaughan - 7
Robert Tesche - 7
Gary Gardner - 7
Ben Osborn - 6
Jamie Ward - 7
Nelson Oliveira - 8
Substitutes:
Oliver Burke (for Ward, 75) - 6
Dexter Blackstock (for Oliveira, 89) - 5