Troy Deeney says Nottingham Forest have a ‘really good’ player even more important than Murillo

Add as preferred source on Google

Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa on Saturday to go fourth in the Premier League table after 16 games of the season played.

The Reds won courtesy of late goals from Nikola Milenkovic and Anthony Elanga with the winner coming three minutes into stoppage time.

It’s quite something when the City Ground erupts and this was one of the best moments under the lights since the Reds returned to the Premier League.

Jamie Redknapp hailed Nuno Espirito Santo after the huge win and he had a number of top performers in his team against a side competing in the Champions League.

Match-winner Elanga was hailed by Theo Walcott for his efforts and other players were also in top form.

• READ MORE: Espirito Santo provides two player updates after Aston Villa performance

Troy Deeney names Nottingham Forest player in Team of the Week

Hold the front page! Deeney has finally taken notice of Forest.

After leaving out every Forest player following wins over Liverpool and Manchester United this season, the former Premier League striker has now taken notice.

This week he’s named Milenkovic in his BBC Sport Team of the Week and he actually believes that he’s better than Murillo.

He said: “He has been really good for Forest and it’s back-to-back games now where he has been scoring from set-pieces.

“He’s been colossal at the back. A lot of people love Murillo next to him, but he is that calm head.”

Milenkovic is the Premier League signing of the season

Okay, some would argue that we’re extremely biased but pound-for-pound Forest have hit the jackpot.

The Serbian defender swapped Florence for Nottingham in the summer when he waved goodbye to Fiorentina and joined Forest.

Milenkovic cost Forest just £12 million and that is a frankly ridiculous transfer fee in today’s over-inflated market.

Even the teammates of Milenkovic couldn’t believe that he was allowed to leave the Serie A outfit during the summer window.

The man who captains Serbia could absolutely find himself leading the Forest team at some point and his influence has been there for all to see.

It’s hard to say whether or not Milenkovic is better than Murillo given they both have different attributes to offer the team.

However, in tandem, the pair are dynamite and the progression of the Forest team is there for all to see on the back of the 27-year-old checking in during the summer.