Boss Steve Cooper praised his Nottingham Forest players for meeting a challenge he had set them before their clash with Birmingham City.
The Reds celebrated a perfect week as they made it three wins from three since returning from the international break, beating the Blues 2-0. Goals from Keinan Davis and Scott McKenna made it five league victories on the spin for Cooper’s men.
They are now unbeaten in 10 Championship games and are up to third in the table. But Cooper doesn’t want them to stop there.
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“It was a good end to a good week. That’s the first time the club has won three games on the bounce after an international break,” he said.
“That’s good. And it was a challenge I set to the players before the game, asking if we could do that.
“I think we’ve been good for it throughout the week. And I think we were good for it today.
“We got off to a great start. Keinan deserved his goal. He’s been playing so well.
“He does want to score goals. We don’t get too caught up when he doesn’t, but he would have wanted that. He deserved that, so I’m pleased for him. It was a great goal.
“I felt we could have capitalised on it a bit more in the first half. From the goal until half-time, we’ve played better than that this year.
“But I get it, it was the third game in a week. Half-time was about stepping on a bit - ‘come on, get back to being us in a real positive way’.
“I thought we did that in the second half. Scott ended up getting the second goal from a corner, but we could and should have scored a few more goals, really. We got in some great positions. Defensively, I thought we were excellent throughout the game, throughout the pitch.
“The players have been really, really good this week. The nine points have all been well deserved. We put it to one side now and look forward.”
