Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper was given plenty of food for thought with an impressive team display to see off Tottenham Hotspur.
Goals from Renan Lodi and Jesse Lingard clinched a 2-0 win at the City Ground on Wednesday night, sealing the Reds’ place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. And the two goal scorers were among the nine changes Cooper had made to his starting XI.
While the duo have been in and out of the side, for others who made the line-up, minutes have been even harder to come - the likes of Joe Worrall, Willy Boly and Sam Surridge, for instance. But valuable contributions came throughout the team against Spurs, leaving Cooper with some selection dilemmas ahead of Saturday’s clash against Crystal Palace, which is Forest’s final match before the World Cup break.
