Second-bottom Nottingham Forest claimed their first league win since the opening game of the season after second-half goals from Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson gave them a crucial 3-1 home victory over fellow strugglers Leeds.
The come-from-behind win is Sean Dyche’s first league victory in charge of Forest and ended the club’s nine-game winless Premier League run, which moves them a point from safety.
Leeds’ third successive away defeat has pulled them into danger and they are now just a point above the drop zone.
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Morgan Gibbs-White heads in to put Forest ahead
The visitors took a 13th-minute lead through Lukas Nmecha’s fine low finish, which proved to be their only shot of the first half.
Just two minutes and 17 seconds after Nmecha’s opener, Ibrahim Sangare slotted home from close range to quickly level for the home side.
Dyche then masterminded the turnaround by making a triple second-half substitution that saw Omari Hutchinson brought on – and the £37.5m summer signing made a real impact.
The winger produced a fine 68th-minute cross for Gibbs-White to glance in, with the Forest captain atoning for his penalty miss in Thursday’s Europa League goalless draw at Sturm Graz.
The header was also the perfect response from Gibbs-White to his England omission after he was left out of Thomas Tuchel’s squad for next week’s World Cup qualifiers.
Hutchinson then won a late penalty after Leeds substitute Jack Harrison brought him down, and Anderson hammered in from the spot in the 91st minute to seal an important victory for Forest.
