Nottingham Forest beat Manchester United 1-0 at the City Ground on Tuesday to continue the march towards a Champions League place next season.
The Reds won courtesy of a goal scored in the fifth minute by Anthony Elanga, who silenced his former club.
Elanga was compared to Usain Bolt as he sprinted towards the United goal and fired an unstoppable effort beyond Andre Onana between the posts.
Forest are still third in the Premier League table and will hope to finish the job in the coming months.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 3 |  Nottm ForestNottingham Forest | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 57 |
After the game, Elanga was hailed by his teammates, who clearly valued his input on the game.
Nottingham Forest players react to Anthony Elanga performance
The 22-year-old has really kicked on at Forest of late and this was another fine performance.
He was clearly desperate to make an impact against the side who used to employ him and he did that with aplomb.
His goal was an unstoppable effort from the edge of the penalty area that left the United keeper all ends up and after the game, he was hailed by his teammates.
Callum Hudson-Odoi posted on Instagram: “You’re a bad boy.”
Moussa Niakhate left Forest in the summer, but he reacted too, saying: “My G.”
Other comments came from Ryan Yates, Taiwo Awoniyi and Alex Mighten, with Elanga comfortably the Player of the Match against United.
Murillo comes up with new nickname for Anthony Elanga
The Brazilian player was also in fine form against United.
He was responsible for the last-minute clearance off the line when it looked as though Harry Maguire had robbed a point from Forest right at the death.
Murillo had a new nickname for Elanga and posted: “My little one”, alongside two flame emojis.
Most players are small in comparison to Murillo, given his uncompromising stature as a central defender.
Elanga looked anything but small when he was tearing through the United defender and it’s nice to see his teammates praising him.
Now, the challenge for Elanga is to showcase this sort of form on a more frequent basis and continue on the goal trail.
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