Nottingham Forest earned a share of the spoils from their clash with Brighton on Sunday to remain unbeaten in the Premier League.
Goals from Chris Wood and Ramon Sosa earned the point with those two scoring on either side of strikes from Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck.
Forest have now taken four points from away games with Liverpool and Brighton over the past week or so and look forward to a home game this weekend.
Football is a squad game these days. Against Liverpool, Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi combined from the bench and on Sunday it was the turn of Sosa and Jota Silva.
Forest are blessed with a number of options these days and it’s an exciting time to be a supporter of the club with the season in its early stages.
Two Nottingham Forest stars in agreement on Morato
The Brazilian defender was a surprise £15 million signing during the summer transfer window, joining from Benfica on transfer deadline day.
He came on for a debut against Liverpool and stepped off the bench again against Brighton to preserve a point for Forest.
After the game on Sunday, he took to Instagram, sharing a photo of himself in the Forest jersey with the caption: “That’s the spirit, lads! Come on, NFFC!”
His post was met with responses from two players who clearly agreed that the player did well during his cameo.
Murillo was first and he posted: “Come on brother.”
Jota Silva set up the equalising goal at the AMEX Stadium and he posted: “Let’s gooooooo brother.”
Morato can be important player for Forest this season
The uncompromising defender did well on the pitch when he was introduced shortly after Forest had levelled the game up.
He only played for 19 minutes but Who Scored showed that he made three clearances and a tackle during his brief time on the pitch.
Morato arrives at Forest with an abundance of experience despite being just 23. He’s made Champions League appearances and looks to have lots of potential.
The defender might have to be patient to get himself into the reckoning under Nuno Espirito Santo.
At the moment the partnership of Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic is thriving and with the head coach only playing with two central defenders, Morato might have to be patient.
Over a long season, however, Morato will be needed. His presence on the bench is another nod towards the recruitment team and now there is competition for places all over the pitch at Forest.
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