(Nominations include Premier League, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two, WSL, and Women’s Championship fixtures)
The League Managers Association’s panel, comprising LMA Chairman Martin O’Neill OBE, Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, Chris Hughton, Rachel Yankey OBE, Les Ferdinand MBE, Clare Tomlinson, Jess Creighton, Stuart Pearce MBE, and Barry Fry has determined that the Utilita Performance of the Week Award should go to Nottingham Forest for their performance against Manchester United on Saturday 7thDecember.
Nuno Espírito Santo will receive the Utilita Performance of the Week trophy.
Match Report
Forest recorded their first win at Old Trafford since 1994 in a thrilling encounter played under the lights at Old Trafford on Saturday evening.
For the second time this week, Manchester rain beat down as Forest emerged from the tunnel and got the ball rolling underneath the illuminated turf of Old Trafford.
An early corner was won by Forest inside minute one as a ball rolled out after flicking off the base of the corner flag.
A whipped delivery by Elliot Anderson was met by a bullet header from Serbian summer signing Milenkovic, cannoning past Onana and into the back of the net. The away end was sent into raptures, opposingly Old Trafford was stunned into silence. No team has scored the opening goal in a Premier League game this season more times than Forest (12).
Dalot curled an effort from 25 yards wide after a spell of possession from the hosts before Fernandes dragged an effort beyond the far post as Forest kept an organised defensive shape whilst looking explosive on the turn-over with the pace available from Hudson-Odoi and Jota Silva.
The hosts were level after 17 minutes as a ball slipped through by Ugarte for Garnacho was smothered by the onrushing Sels with the loose ball dropping kindly at the feet of Højlund who had an empty net to roll the ball home.
Read more here: https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2024/december/07/fantastic-forest-victorious-at-old-trafford/
