Chris Wood continued his red-hot scoring form with a second-half double that sent Nottingham Forest fifth in the Premier League after a 3-1 win at East Midlands rivals Leicester.
Wood has netted seven Premier League goals this season putting him three behind top scorer Erling Haaland, while the New Zealand international also moved joint-second on Forest’s all-time Premier League goals list.
In an entertaining first half, Forest went ahead at the King Power Stadium in the 16th minute after Facundo Buonanotte and James Justin both failed to clear allowing Ryan Yates to arrow in first time from outside the box.
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Yates hits superb long-range strike to give Nottingham Forest lead!
But the visitors were quickly pegged back seven minutes later after some fine work from Harry Winks saw the midfielder cross for Jamie Vardy, who finished from close range with what turned out to be Leicester’s only shot on target of the match.
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Leicester go level after Jamie Vardy tucks away a Harry Winks cross!
Two minutes after the equaliser, Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen pulled off a stunning save to deny Nicolas Dominguez, which Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher described as “Schmeichel-like”.
But Hermansen could do nothing to stop Wood’s first goal just two minutes into the second half as the 32-year-old clinically fired home on the spin inside the box.
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Chris Wood’s clinical finish puts Nottingham Forest ahead!
Wood then grabbed his second in the 60th minute as he took advantage of further poor Leicester defending with a looping header for his fifth goal in five games.
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Chris Wood pounces as Leicester fail to deal with long ball!
Yates missed a glorious chance to add a fourth as Leicester boss Steve Cooper suffered defeat against his former side to leave the Foxes 14th and six points above the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, Cooper’s Forest replacement Nuno Espirito Santo, who watched on from the stands due to his three-game touchline ban, continues his fine work with a second win in four days to move a point off the top four.
