Forest see some light as Dyche records first win

NOTTINGHAM Forest breathed new life into their survival bid with a crucial 3-1 victory over fellow strugglers Leeds, handing Sean Dyche a first English Premier League win that hauled his side to within one point of safety.

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Dyche’s side trailed in the 13th minute at the City Ground when Lukas Nmechas low drive arrowed into the corner. But Forest equalised just two minutes later through Ibrahim Sangare’s predatory finish from ten yards.

Morgan Gibbs-White completed Forest’s fightback as he glanced a header in from Omari Hutchinson's sixty-eighth-minute cross. Dyche was celebrating again in stoppage time when Elliot Anderson lashed in a penalty after Hutchinson was bundled over by Jack Harrison.

It was Forest's first league victory since beating Brentford on the opening weekend of the season in August.

Nuno Espirito Santo was in charge of Forest then before being sacked to make way for Ange Postecoglou, whose brief reign also ended with his dismissal before Dyche took charge.