Nottingham Forest slipped to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Newcastle on Sunday afternoon.
The Reds saw a four-game unbeaten stretch come to an end with a clinical display from the Magpies.
Goals from Alexander Isak, Joelinton and Harvey Barnes saw Murillo’s first goal for the club rendered redundant.
Forest simply couldn’t handle Eddie Howe’s team in the second half and ultimately tasted defeat.
Still, it’s been a fine start to the campaign for Forest and all is by no means lost.
Paul Merson defends Nottingham Forest star Chris Wood
The Reds’ in-form talisman was starved of service against Newcastle.
His former club did a grand job on him and barely gave him a kick all afternoon at the City Ground.
Merson is feeling a little unsure about some of the comments about Wood and thinks he’s a very good footballer.
He said on Sky Sports: “I know people say he is an old-school centre-forward. He is an intelligent footballer. He gets in the box. He just doesn’t get in there, he finds space. He is an intelligent footballer. He scores big goals.”
Wood is still the main man for Forest
One game doesn’t need there to be an inquest into the role of anyone in this Forest team.
Merson made these comments prior to today’s game and Wood did show some good touches on the pitch today.
What Newcastle did really well was limiting the amount of time he got on the ball around the box, with Wood forced to drop deep to get involved.
Forest are still sitting very pretty in the Premier League and this can simply go down as one of those days.
Merson is right to defend Wood and hopefully, the player can get back on the goal trail after the international break.
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