Saturday 3rd August 2019
SkyBet EFL Championship
at the City Ground
Nottingham Forest (1) 1
Matty Cash 8
West Bromwich Albion (2)
Kyle Edwards 15
Matt Phillips 26
Attendance: 27,592
The City Ground was rocking, as Forest started the game at a cracking pace, and took the lead through Matty Cash inside the eighth minute.
But just eighteen minutes later, Albion were in the ascendancy, and Aro Muric, the home side's newly signed keeper (on loan from Manchester City), was having the sort of nightmare Football League debut, that he'll want to forget in a hurry, which in the first instance, saw him fail to deal with Kyle Edwards’ low angled shot, that squeezed beneath his grasp and over the line, before he succumbed to a freak goal, that saw Matt Phillips’ long dipping cross from way out on the right wing, sneak in just under the crossbar, as the young keeper, who looked to have the danger covered, pulled his hand away at the last moment, seemingly under the belief that the ball was going over.
Sabri Lamouchi, the host side's new manager and Slaven Bilic of West Brom, were both making their respective Championship hot seat debuts... in fact, this early evening kick off, marked the Trentside club's ninth consecutive start to a new season, with yet another different new manager at the helm.
Although, they're not actually called managers these days.
Amuse yourselves by trying to remember who they all were, because I'm going home now, to get some kip, before my early morning alarm call tomorrow, when I'll be London bound on a train, destined for the Tottenham Hotspur v Inter Milan game.
FT: Nottingham Forest 1 v West Bromwich Albion 2
To summarise: the Reds started this evening's game well, but having overturned a single goal deficit, the Baggies looked comfortable from then on in, as they deservedly claimed all three points.
