Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo spoke after today’s victory: “You know me. Now I’m thinking about Tuesday and the next training session.

“That’s what’s important, you know that better than me, it doesn’t mean anything anymore.

“We just have to keep going, going, going. It’s a very long season ahead of us, we’ll need all the players.

“It’s a positive moment. We’ve worked really hard this week, that’s what we’re focusing on. We have to work and work hard and get even better.

On what was done differently: “Nothing has changed since the beginning, we have to continue. Believe me, there is no other solution. If you get distracted, football will not forgive you.

“I think the longer the team stays together, the better the players will know each other, the options we have to come back, the group should be stronger and over time the bond will strengthen.

“That’s my belief.”