Nottingham Forest were brilliant in the game against Manchester City, and the Reds had a number of top performers on the night.

Oliver Glasner was congratulated by Evangelos Marinakis in the tunnel after this huge win, which has eased some of the unnecessary pressure on the Forest head coach.

Forest have wasted no end of chances this season, and after the game, a former Red admitted that he believes Glasner will have learned a lot about his players after such a huge victory.

James Perch raves about Ryan Yates

Perch knows all about playing in big matches wearing the Garibaldi, and he was very impressed with the Reds in their win over City.

One man who has come in for praise is Ryan Yates, with the Forest captain making his first appearance of the campaign in the 3-1 win over City.

Yates was outstanding, and Perch believes that the Forest head coach will now be in no doubt as to what role he sees the midfielder playing this season.

He told the Forest Focus podcast: “When you get someone who genuinely cares, we know what he’s like, he’s Forest through and through.

“I think he deserved to play, I think we should have seen him a lot more this season, especially with the two that are in there in midfield, could Yates do more than Xaver Schlager?

“I don’t think there is any midfielder at Forest better at just getting the ball and giving to someone who can play, and he always delivers when Forest have their backs against the wall, so massive credit to Yates, he’s been sat in the cold, and it’s not easy to just come back in and play against a team like Manchester City.”

It will now be fascinating to see if Yates keeps his place for the trip to Bournemouth after the international break, with Forest in desperate need of a winning run.

The Cherries have won eight games on the spin in all competitions and given Forest’s drab record against that particular opposition it might not be a fruitful game.

However, Forest have a new-found confidence and with Yates in the team, perhaps Forest can now kick on and start to climb the table in the coming weeks.