Head coach Steve Cooper rued Nottingham Forest’s “naivety” in the goals they conceded as they lost 3-0 to Manchester United in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.
The Reds have a mountain to climb when they head to Old Trafford for next week’s second leg. It could all have been very different had a Sam Surridge goal not been ruled out, however.
Forest had been on the back foot after Marcus Rashford opened the scoring with six minutes gone. But Surridge thought he had equalised midway through the first half, only for a VAR check to rule he had been offside.
