Ryan Yates says Nottingham Forest star was unbelievable vs Manchester United, he’s a ‘dream’ to play with

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Nottingham Forest beat Manchester United at the City Ground as a severe case of After the Lord Mayor’s Show was averted.

The Reds booked a place at Wembley on Saturday and the turnaround proved a frantic one for Forest.

This win over United did come at a cost.

Nuno Espirito Santo was forced to provide updates on three players afterwards, with Ola Aina going off on 39 minutes and Callum Hudson-Odoi not making the matchday squad.

Chris Wood is already out and the club are eagerly anticipating good news on the 18-goal striker.

There were a number of top performers from a Forest perspective and captain fantastic Ryan Yates picked out one of the star men from the victory.

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Ryan Yates says Nottingham Forest player is a ‘dream’ to play with

Anthony Elanga experienced a big night at the City Ground last night.

Clearly, the winger was desperate to showcase his quality to the club who binned him off and just six minutes in, he caused the stadium to burst at the seams.

Elanga drove three-quarters of the pitch and with Morgan Gibbs-White for company to bamboozle the opposition, he planted an unstoppable effort beyond Andre Onana.

Yates was quizzed on the goalscorer after the game and he absolutely loves playing in the same team as him.

He told TNT Sports: “He is a dream for a midfielder. Especially us sitting in that low-block. You can just give him the ball and he does the rest.”

Anthony Elanga stats vs Manchester United

If Forest tell Elanga that they’re playing against United every week, the team might win the Champions League, let alone qualify for it!

No slight on Elanga’s other performances of late, but this was one that took his game up a notch and his goal was a thing of real beauty.

At £15 million, United must be wondering what on earth they were thinking in letting him leave the club for such a paltry sum of money.

Elanga has been linked with a move away from Forest and on this showing, the Reds must cling on to the winger whatever the price this summer.