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Matt Lee

How Nottingham Forest players celebrated 'brilliant' victory over Derby County

Nottingham Forest's players have shown their happiness at beating Derby County in a series of posts onto social media.

The Reds made it ten games unbeaten against Derby with a 2-1 win over Wayne Rooney's side at the City Ground.

Lewis Grabban gave the hosts the lead early in the second-half before Brennan Johnson doubled Forest's advantage.

Tom Lawrence's converted penalty set-up a nervy end to the fixture, but the Reds held on to secure the three points and edge closer to the Championship play-off positions.

After the game, head coach Steve Cooper said: “Now I’m standing here, I can say I enjoyed it.

"I liked it when we went 2-0 up and there was the sense that we were in complete control of the game. We were playing well, and I thought we might go score another one.

"It was a bit gutting to go 2-1. But I loved it!

"When we went 2-0 up, it was amazing. You had to take a deep breath and go, ‘wow, how good is it to be part of this?’. And then you’ve got to focus back on the game."

Here's how some of the Forest players celebrated the win on social media...

Steve Cook: "That one was for the fans! Huge occasion for the club. A big 3 points today. Disappointing to give away our clean sheet but the lads were brilliant."

Brice Samba: "Got what we came for, with a little extra for me. YOU REDS"

Max Lowe: "BIGGG 3 points today! One for the fans. Great to be back helping the team"

Keinan Davis: "Big win today"

Lyle Taylor: "#Sheepishly getting a #PiggyJack"

James Garner: "Nothing better than a derby day win !!!"

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