Nottingham Forest's fluid forwards too hot for Southampton to handle

Nottingham Forest's fluid and direct forwards were destructive at St Mary's and could be the difference between mid-table and a relegation battle.

Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi were superb in staying wide and running at defenders to get them on the back foot.

Chris Wood constantly eluded his three centre backs and should have come away with a goal.

Then there's the orchestrator-in-chief, Morgan Gibbs-White — the goalscorer and focal point for a lot of what makes Forest tick in attack.

'We don't possess the individual quality at the top end that they do, and that was the big difference,' admitted Saints boss Russell Martin.

They countered at pace, got forward in numbers, and should have won by a bigger margin after registering 23 shots.