Nottingham Forest thrashed Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, with Igor Jesus scoring, assisting and having a second strike taken off him by defender Trai Hume.
This was arguably Jesus’ best performance in the Premier League for Forest, but it still hasn’t proved enough to see him win the Man of the Match accolade.
Jesus has moved onto 15 goals in all competitions this season for Forest, and after a tough first season in the Premier League, there has been light at the end of the tunnel in recent weeks.
Forest are showing real togetherness at the moment, and with Morgan Gibbs-White also scoring another goal for his total this season, it’s perhaps unsurprising that he claimed the Man of the Match accolade.
Morgan Gibbs-White voted Nottingham Forest’s Man of the Match vs Sunderland
Gibbs-White is very much the Captain Fantastic in the Forest dressing room right now, and it’s no surprise that the man of the moment was voted as the Man of the Match against Sunderland.
The number 10 lashed home a brilliant low drive to give Forest a three-goal cushion against the Black Cats and took his tally in all competitions to 16 for the campaign.
The votes are in! How would you have scored Morgan Gibbs-White out of 10 for his efforts vs Sunderland?
Following the end of the game, Nottingham Forest News asked readers and subscribers on TalkingPoints for their Man of the Match, with Gibbs-White and Jesus listed with Elliot Anderson, Chris Wood and Ibrahim Sangare as options.
Jesus only picked up 26% of the vote, with Gibbs-White winning pretty easily with almost 50% of the votes from the fan base.
Elsewhere, Wood received 8%, Anderson 7%, and Sangare just shy of 4% of the votes, with supporters pretty unanimous over who the team’s best player was.
Morgan Gibbs-White stats vs Sunderland
As per Who Scored, the Forest attacker was in fine form in the North East.
Along with his goal and assist, he also completed 71.4% of his total passes attempted and made a key pass during the contest.
Defensively, he was pretty sound too, making a couple of clearances and also managing to win a tackle, with his Who Scored rating of 8.78 making him their star man too.
Gibbs-White is inspired at the moment and with some big games on the horizon for Forest, the hope will be that his strong form can continue for a little while longer.
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