It is impossible to avoid the sense that something special is stirring on the banks of the Trent. Nottingham Forest averted a late scare to dispatch Southampton, move level on points with Arsenal in second place and extend their unbeaten run to eight Premier League matches.
Forest roared into a 3-0 lead inside 41 minutes but the visitors pulled a goal back via Jan Bednarek on the hour and then Paul Onuachu headed in his first Southampton goal at the start of second-half stoppage time to tee up a grandstand finish. A few minutes later Ola Aina cleared a Bednarek header off the line from another corner.
