Gary and Phil Neville were covering Nottingham Forest’s superb 3-1 win over Manchester City and had praise for one star player after the victory.

Much was naturally made about how poor City were during the game; with that, typically the standard go-to when an elite side gets beat in the Premier League.

Another player came in for praise from the Neville brothers, and it won’t come as any surprise who they picked as the man who made the difference against the former champions.

Gary and Phil Neville rave about Liam Delap

Both the former Manchester United players were working on Forest’s game against Manchester City for the American TV channel NBC Sports.

After the game, both ex-Premier League players decided to heap praise on Liam Delap after his two stunning strikes gave Forest a very important three points.

Gary Neville said: “The last goal from Delap was special. I was convinced City would go on and win when they got the goal back, but Forest stuck at it, and that goal was just brilliant.

Phil Neville added: “It comes down to the whole collective. You see how much energy Forest had, and I just felt Delap fed off of that. What I noticed today is that they looked more of a goal threat, and because City were so open, it gave Delap more of a sense that he could get a goal or two.”

Delap will now hope to remain on the goal trail and fire Forest even further up the Premier League table after scoring the two goals which saw the Reds climb out of the relegation zone.

It was a huge win for Oliver Glasner, and ultimately the time has come now for this group of players to keep playing in this manner and ensure the Reds can move forward and not keep looking over their shoulders.