Nottingham Forest 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers: Lyle Taylor double for Forest
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Lyle Taylor nods the ball home to give Forest the lead at the City Ground
Two goals from Lyle Taylor made it back-to-back wins for Nottingham Forest and ended Wycombe's three-match unbeaten run.
The Forest striker met Cyrus Christie's looping cross to head in from close range after 28 minutes.
He secured the win with 16 minutes remaining after driving into the box and finishing a fine individual effort.
Wycombe improved with the introduction of Garath McCleary and Adebayo Akinfenwa but couldn't find a goal.
Taylor scored an injury-time winner for Forest in midweek against Coventry and was the difference at the City Ground again.
His first owed much to a well-flighted Christie cross that deceived Ryan Allsop, who found himself stranded as Taylor nodded in at the far post.
The ex-Charlton man's fourth of the season was all his own work as he seized upon a loose ball and drove into the box before delivering a cool finish.
Wycombe came into the game unbeaten in three, including two wins, but couldn't find a way past Brice Samba in the Forest goal.
Anthony Stewart saw a header saved towards the end of the first half and they enjoyed better spells of possession after the break.
McLeary and Akinfenwa combined well after being introduced in the second half and the latter came closest to scoring but sent his header wide.
Forest boss Chris Hughton told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"It was a really good cross I thought for the first goal and of course the second goal was all his.
"It was a fabulous finish and when you're a striker you want to score goals and that builds your confidence.
"It was a crucial goal, because we were up against a team that was pushing and pushing, really hard. Until you get a second goal, the game does not open up as much as you would like."
Wycombe assistant manager Richard Dobson told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"I thought ironically it's probably the best we have handled the ball in the last three or four games. Some of our interplay was bright, we got people into one v one situations, got crosses into box and created chances.
"It was fairly even overall in terms of chances, the difference was the quality of Taylor's finishing.
"McCleary was hugely positive, we like him a lot and think he's going to be a really good player for our club. When you are performing well you don't want the break to come but there's time to review and try to build on the little bit of momentum that we've gathered."