{"id":18612,"date":"2025-04-14T07:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18612\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T07:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:11:13","slug":"micah-richards-wowed-by-15m-nottingham-forest-star-and-nuno-made-a-seriously-big-mistake-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18612\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Richards wowed by \u00a315m Nottingham Forest star and Nuno made a seriously big mistake with him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Nottingham Forest were beaten 1-0 by Everton at the City Ground as a nine-match unbeaten stretch at home came to an abrupt end. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Toffees were well worth their victory in Nottingham. <\/p>\n<p>David Moyes has overseen just two defeats in 13 matches since taking over Everton are a completely different animal these days. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamforest.news\/tag\/nuno-espirito-santo-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a> was left with more questions than answers as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamforest.news\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forest<\/a> season threatened to burst at the seams. <\/p>\n<p>The Reds remain in third place, but this is a serious setback, with Manchester City and Aston Villa both claiming big wins on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209912182-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images\" \/>Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty ImagesMicah Richards shares why Forest struggled vs Everton<\/p>\n<p>Based on what Forest have been doing so far this season, this was a does of reality for the Reds. <\/p>\n<p>It was a stark reminder that remaining in the mix for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamforest.news\/tag\/champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> place is simply difficult and there really is no shame in that. <\/p>\n<p>Forest have already overachieved this season and on this showing, the Reds have a lot of work still to do in order to get into Europe. <\/p>\n<p>Richards was summarising the game for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/m002b1ly\/match-of-the-day-202425-12042025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Match of the Day<\/a> and he thinks he knows why Forest struggled so much against Everton. <\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cAnthony Elanga didn\u2019t start, they didn\u2019t have that electric pace from the off and that really impacted their performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Elanga stats vs Everton<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old didn\u2019t really adapt to the role of substitute, making an impact and was largely frustrated throughout the game. <\/p>\n<p>However, everything is not lost, and Forest needs to dust itself down and try to get back to winning against Tottenham next weekend. <\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Anthony Elanga stats vs Everton<\/td>\n<td>Total<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minutes<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pass Accuracy<\/td>\n<td>80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crosses<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Passes<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Elanga is clearly a very important player in this team and hopefully, he can be a starter when the Reds meet Spurs in eight days. <\/p>\n<p>Forest were largely poor against Everton and had it finished 0-0 it probably would have been unjust towards the Toffees who were brilliant throughout the clash.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps in hindsight Espirito Santo made a mistake over the player and should have started him and then taken him off rather than bringing him off the bench.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest were beaten 1-0 by Everton at the City Ground as a nine-match unbeaten stretch at 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