Drawing with Manchester City shows how much progress Nottingham Forest have made this season, according to striker Chris Wood.
But he is confident there is still plenty more to come from Steve Cooper’s side as they fight to retain their Premier League status. As one of seven January signings, the 31-year-old believes the group will continue to get stronger as they get to know each other better.
Wood came off the bench to net the equaliser on Saturday, extending the Reds’ unbeaten Premier League run at home to eight games and leaving them five points clear of the relegation zone. The result was in stark contrast to the reverse fixture back in August, when City cruised to a 6-0 thumping.
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“The team and the club have come a long way since back then,” said the forward. “There were a lot of changes, a lot of things happening off the field. It was a case of getting used to new players all the time. It’s always tough finding your main team, your formation, your gelling as a unit with different characters and things like that.
“We have still got that going. We are still building a good dressing room and things like that. We’re getting there week by week, on the training pitch, in the games.
“We came with a game plan and it worked well. It’s a positive thing.
“The manager was trying to compete with the best manager in the world (in Pep Guardiola). He has done fantastically well to have done what he did. The team did fantastically well in terms of momentum, so it was good work all round from players and staff.”
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