Nottingham Forest beat Manchester United for the second successive time in the Premier League on Saturday to go fifth in the table.
The Reds won thanks to goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood as Forest ran out 3-2 winners at Old Trafford.
Nuno Espirito Santo was hailed by Jamie Redknapp after the game and he’s changed the perception of Forest in the top-flight this season.
His team are being taken more seriously right now and the club are sitting pretty in fifth after 15 matches played in this season’s Premier League campaign.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 5 |  Nottm ForestNottingham Forest | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 25 |
Forest had a number of top performers at the Theatre of Dreams, with Milenkovic in particular looking extremely solid defensively.
Kelvin Wilson says Nikola Milenkovic embarrassed Manchester United star
Less than two minutes had been played when Milenkovic was making a mockery of Lisandro Martinez and powering home from close range with a bullet header.
The Serbian captain took full advantage of United’s defensive woes from set pieces to give Forest a dream start at Old Trafford.
Wilson felt the goal was extremely embarrassing on the part of Martinez and suggested that the United star looked like a little kid playing with his dad!
He told the Forest Focus podcast: “Martinez, yeah, I know he makes up for it in other ways, he can play the ball out but he looked like a little boy against a man.
“He looked like a kid playing against his dad up against Milenkovic! He’s just absolutely overpowered him, that’s what it looked like. In that situation, it’s a bit embarrassing for them.”
Milenkovic was wanted by Manchester United in 2021
Forest got lucky in signing the big Serbian during the summer transfer window as other big clubs had looked at signing him previously.
In 2021, United were keen on Milenkovic, according to reports and ultimately the Red Devils might not be feeling as though the missed a trick.
Robbie Earle lauded Milenkovic and claimed that he’d walk into the United team right now and it’s fair to say he’s got a point.
Milenkovic has proved an absolute steal to Forest at £12 million and if any club wants to sign him in the future, it will take a seriously big sum of money.
The 27-year-old is at the peak of his powers and his arrival is another feather in the cap for the club’s impressive recruitment team.
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