Dyche: We have to get back to Porto levels

TIME is a key factor for Sean Dyche and counterpart Ruben Amorim ahead of Nottingham Forest's clash with Manchester United tomorrow.

- By SARAH CLAPSON

The 18th-placed Reds host United looking to register their first Premier League win under Dyche.

They triumphed over Porto in the Europa League last Thursday but then fell 2-0 at Bournemouth a few days later.

The lack of a midweek fixture in the buildup to tomorrow’s match at the City Ground (3pm) has provided Dyche with time on the training pitch with his players this week.

They will come up against a resurgent United side who appear to have turned a corner under Amorim by winning three matches on the spin.

"They got a big result against Liverpool and it seems to have just quietened the noise down and given them a bit more freedom going into games," Dyche said of United.

"From our point of view, we have got to get back to the Porto performance.

"We stepped away from that at Bournemouth. I questioned whether to change the team against Bournemouth but the Porto performance was so good I felt I had to give that XI another half at least.

"But we didn’t carry the physical strength through. But it wasn’t a lack of trying, it is just a case of getting up to the speed we need and the consistency within a performance."