Can it really only be three months since that dismal October night? Much has changed since then - but, crucially, not the Nottingham Forest manager.
Backing Steve Cooper with a new contract, rather than wielding the axe, after the Reds’ woeful 4-0 thumping at the King Power Stadium paved the way for the improvement which has followed. It was one of the club’s best pieces of business this season.
Since then, Forest have gone from a five-match losing streak to being beaten just three times in 10 Premier League games, with two of those defeats coming away to Arsenal and Manchester United. They are also in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, the first time they have reached that stage of the competition since 1992.
