Boss Steve Cooper has explained his decision to leave skipper Joe Worrall out of the Nottingham Forest starting XI against Fulham.
The defender dropped to the bench as one of three changes made by the Reds head coach, who brought summer signing Willy Boly into the back line for his debut. Remo Freuler replaced Cheikhou Kouyate and Taiwo Awoniyi came in for Jesse Lingard as the other alterations to the team.
Awoniyi got the hosts off to the perfect start, opening the scoring with a header after 11 minutes. But Forest were then left reeling from three goals in six second half minutes which put the Cottagers 3-1 up.
