Nottingham Forest lost on penalties to exit the FA Cup at the first hurdle on Friday night.
After clawing back from 2-0 and 3-1 behind, the Reds saw penalties by Igor Jesus and Omari Hutchinson saved to exit the competition.
Fans let Sean Dyche know exactly what they thought of his team’s performance in the first half, ripping into the coaching staff as they left the field at the end of the opening 45.
In the second half, Dyche rang the changes and Forest started to come into the game, with extra-time secured from a seemingly hopeless position.
After the match, it was hard to come up with too many positives, although Steve Hodge did manage to find praise for one Forest star player.
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Steve Hodge hails Callum Hudson-Odoi
Although Forest threw Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams and Nicolas Dominguez on at half-time, it wasn’t until Callum Hudson-Odoi entered the fray that things really turned in the Reds’ favour.
The winger was subbed on at the expense of Douglas Luiz and immediately set about getting Forest back into the game with two superb goals.
Hodge was full of praise for the Forest winger, saying on BBC Radio Nottingham: “That’s an absolutely brilliant goal, Savona has chipped the ball in from 40 yards, took it on his chest and a beautiful volley from Hudson-Odoi.”
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Hudson-Odoi should be first name on Forest team sheet
When he’s fit and firing like he was at Wrexham, there aren’t many in the Premier League who can compete with Hudson-Odoi.
Last month, he scored twice against Tottenham and it does appear as though he’s starting to come into a little bit of form of late.
Hudson-Odoi needs to get himself among the goals a bit more often when it comes to the Premier League fixtures but it’s fair to say that he’s very important to Dyche’s plans at Forest.
In an ideal world, Forest would have beaten Wrexham without the need to use their star players from the bench, but Hudson-Odoi was one of the key players required.
His second goal simply typified his brilliance on the football pitch and Forest did extremely well to get him tied down to a new contract during the summer.
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