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Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest winger Callum Hudson-Odoi feels connections in the team were "a bit scratched" before Sean Dyche's arrival and praised him for the "amazing job" he has done mending those.
After an impressive 2024-25 campaign in which they secured European football for the first time in nearly 30 years, it has been a difficult few months for the club as they struggled for results.
However, Dyche - the third person to take charge this season - has helped to steady the ship and the Reds are now on a four-match unbeaten run, including a 3-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield at the weekend.
They will be looking to extend that when they host Malmo in the Europa League on Thursday.
"Sean and his staff have come in and done an amazing job," Hudson-Odoi said.
"You can tell the energy around the group has changed and everybody's just working as hard as we can to get the best possible results.
"The bond and strength that we have had before will come back, and you can tell we are wanting to fight for every game we play in.
"A lot has changed. I think it was a bit scratched a while ago. The group has reconnected very well and everybody is just focusing on doing what we know best - which is playing football and enjoying football.
"It's just the connections that were a bit lost for a while, but now I think everything's connecting back nicely.
"Everybody's working hard to do the right things and hopefully keep getting good results."
Nicola Pearson
BBC Sport journalist
Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Europa League game against Malmo at the City Ground (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Morgan Gibbs-White will not be available for Thursday's match as they are "just settling an issue with him", but so far it is "nothing too serious". Ola Aina, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Dilane Bakwa are also still out.
Having been with the squad for a few weeks now, the Forest boss said he is "good with the general direction" they are going in but there is "still more to come from what we can do as a collective". He added: "They're taking in a lot of information with different managers and adapting to each different person as it comes. So far they've adapted to me and my staff, and they've been very accepting of the work that's getting done."
On if they can take confidence from Sunday's win at Anfield: "It just furthers the belief in the group and each other, which is important, and hopefully in ourselves. I've shared with them openly - we can only guide in what we think is the right direction. It's down to them and our trust in them to deliver. They're certainly doing that on a daily basis and in the games, and I've been very happy with that."
He added: "There was a real connection here. I think everyone knew that last season. When I got here it wasn't broken - I just said it was stretched is all and sometimes that happens. But I think there's a reconnection, and of course results help that massively."
Asked about balancing the Premier League and Europe, Dyche said it was "tougher" because it is the first year back, adding: "The beginning of this season should have been a reminder of how challenging it is [in the top flight]. The Premier League is still massively important to this football club, without a doubt. When you look at the Europa League just from the point of being in Europe again, it's brilliant for the history of the club and revisiting the history."
Despite noise around the club this season, Dyche feels "most Forest fans underneath that know the work that's been done by the ownership group since they came" and "you can't forget the whole journey" because of one difficult period.
On what his memory is of Forest's famous night against Malmo in 1979, when they won the European Cup: "I remember the goal - everyone remembers that one. My parents having it on TV and me watching it... But I think the club are doing proud - both sides are - for a remembrance of a big day for both clubs."
Long-serving commentator Clive Tyldesley joins this week's Sacked In The Morning podcast from BBC Radio Scotland and he recounts the first time he ever travelled with Brian Clough and Nottingham Forest.
You can hear a special tale about Clough so insisting Tyldesley wore a tie that he gave him cash to help him buy one.
Nottingham Forest have identified Brighton's 20-year-old English midfielder Jack Hinshelwood among a number of possible January transfer targets. (Mail), external
Meanwhile, Everton boss David Moyes wants to hang on to English midfielder James Garner amid interest from Forest, Manchester United and Aston Villa in the 24-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season. (Talksport), external
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Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Nottingham Forest winger and current assistant manager Ian Woan has been speaking about his history with the club's boss Sean Dyche.
Woan told the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast that their friendship is very close and "well outside the football realm", adding: "I first met him in 1990 [at Forest] when we were both in digs for six months. I then bought a house and the gaffer lived with me for five or six years. It was good times.
"Stoney [Steve Stone, fellow assistant to Dyche] also came to live with us for about a month but we couldn't have the three of us together - it was too much carnage!
"We have been best mates since then and I was his best man. It is an amazing kind of relationship. It is different now, but you never lose the fact of who the gaffer is. There is a lot of plusses and the trust there is incredible. He knows if he isn't around, he can delegate to me and Steve. The word is still getting out and he can trust it."
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Pat Riddell
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesDefeating this season's Liverpool is not quite the same as defeating the 2024-25 all-conquering Liverpool. Although this season's Nottingham Forest are not quite last campaign's swashbuckling Nottingham Forest.
But still, back-to-back wins at Anfield for the first time since 1963. Our biggest ever win at Anfield. Our first clean sheet since April.
None of these things are to be sniffed at.
Sean Dyche was brought in to fix a broken club and the remit was clear: organise the defence, stop conceding from set pieces, start scoring from set pieces, win games, keep clean sheets, score goals… a pretty basic target, but Forest were failing at all of them.
Obviously it is still early days, but the confidence Saturday's historic win brings will make a big difference. The willingness to defend with all their might, to not even concede a yellow card, to stick to the gameplan and to comfortably attack at will is precisely where we need to be - the rest will follow.
There are clearly issues to resolve - which will start on Thursday in the Europa League reunion with Malmo - but balancing the squad in league and cup, getting the new players' form and understanding up to speed, and developing the tactics are things that will come with time.
For now, we can believe that Dyche will deliver results and we can start looking up the table, rather than over our shoulder. The bottom three might only be just behind us but, as I said last week, a few wins and other results going our way will dramatically affect the table.
It is just that nobody foresaw Liverpool sliding down while we picked up momentum.
The City Ground can be a fortress once again.
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Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest defender Murillo says a "winning spirit" is returning for the Reds.
Speaking to BBC Radio Nottingham after a stellar 3-0 win at Liverpool, the Brazilian centre-back said: "The winning spirit we had last season is coming back. I am so happy, feeling very good and it's not just me, I think it is everyone.
"Because of the work we have done in the week, maybe it has changed our minds and it has given us confidence to play well, given confidence to the fans and staff and everyone.
"When we scored the goal, we feel more confident, but sometimes we lose our minds. So we talked with each other to stay calm, keep going, and that's what we did.
"The second half was the most important part of the game. When we played well in the second half, everything went well."
Forest put on brilliant display to beat a deflated Liverpool side
We asked for your thoughts on Nottingham Forest beating Liverpool and winning at Anfield in consecutive seasons.
Here are some of your comments:
Tony: Fantastic display inspired by the passion of a manager (and team) that wear the Forest shirt with pride. This passion and pride has quickly passed down to the players who have finally laid the previous manager's egotistical style to rest.
Jamie: Resolute defending and very little waste at the other end of the pitch. Sean Dyche has got the team doing the things that need doing, so the things we like to watch them do can come! Amazing.
Bogey: Well done to the boys. They are showing the talent. The mix of last season and new players is working. Stronger now than last season. Different threat. Onwards and upwards.
Malcolm: The talk is mainly about Liverpool playing poorly, but Forest were absolutely fantastic and yes, you can see Sean Dyche's trademark teams in action. I think also at last Sean has a real quality squad to work with, and hopefully Forest can keep it together.
Kris: The complete performance. Hard to pick a player of the match because they were brilliant from back to front. Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic were the bedrock, and Elliot Anderson just gets better and better.
Matt: Fantastic play. Bossed the midfield and were ruthless in the box. Could have and maybe should have been four.
Craig: What else can you say about a 3-0 win at Anfield? The players all worked for each other - passion and working as a unit were obvious to see. A true upgrade, with a manager who is probably living his dream at the moment. Continue like this till the end of the year and we will be back in the mix.
Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has identified Nottingham Forest defender Murillo as a key defensive target, but the 23-year-old Brazilian is also attracting interest from Arsenal and Barcelona. (Caught Offside), external
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Umir Irfan
Football tactics correspondent
Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Nottingham Forest means Liverpool have now lost six of their past seven league games.
So how did Sean Dyche's tactics exploit the reigning champions weaknesses?
Forest opened the scoring by taking advantage of Liverpool's poor form from set-pieces this season.
For the second goal, Mohamed Salah's defensive contribution was exploited.
Although both the first and second goals don't appear too similar, two key themes arise.
Firstly, Salah lost track of his man for both goals as Liverpool aimed to defend in a man-to-man fashion. Secondly, space opened up for the scorer in front of a Liverpool defensive line that had dropped deep with no cover in front of it.
For Forest's third goal, a quick switch was played to find Omari Hutchinson in space on the wing.
Hutchinson received the ball facing the goal with time and space to carry it forwards with momentum.
Forest's physicality, ability to win second balls, and commitment to running off the ball and arrive in dangerous areas were key to them getting an impressive win.
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Phil McNulty
Chief football writer
Image source, Getty ImagesSean Dyche has wiped the 39-day nightmare of Ange Postecoglou's reign at Nottingham Forest from the memory banks of those fans who celebrated ecstatically at Anfield.
This was the Forest who were in Champions League contention for so long last season under Nuno Espirito Santo, and eventually secured a place in the Europa League - uncompromising and physical, but also laced with real talent and attacking danger that makes them such a threat.
Dyche was typically animated on the sidelines, but he was also clearly delighted with what he was seeing in front of him as Forest overpowered Liverpool to such an extent that there was never any hint of one of the comebacks that is an Anfield trademark.
Forest had all the Dyche hallmarks of power and organisation, but it would do them and him a grave disservice to suggest this was not a defeat that also contained some real quality, as you need to win at Liverpool.
Murillo was a rock in defence, as well as scoring a goal, while Ibrahim Sangare ruled midfield as the touches of class were applied by Elliott Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Igor Jesus also gave Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate an uneasy afternoon; the closing stages played out in the sort of subdued atmosphere of resignation rarely seen inside Anfield in recent years.
Forest's league revival under Dyche continues after their win against Leeds United and draw with Manchester United.
Forest are 'learning quickly' - Dyche
Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche, speaking to BBC's Match of the Day: "We'd worked a lot with the players about what we can provide. After the Manchester City result, it gives them an edge. They came out of the blocks fast, and we had to defend well in the early parts of the game. You're not going to dominate the ball here, but we can in the shape.
"Great finish from Murillo, and the other goals were a great finish for different reasons. I don't know how the goal for Igor wasn't given, and then Omari goes close. Morgan with another great finish. He's playing with a smile on his face. It's great for the fans, and it's another step.
"Every manager has a style, and I have mine. I know what you need as a team. I will trust myself on that. They've shown an abundance of what we've been talking about over the last four weeks. It feels like four years."
Captain Morgan Gibbs-White, speaking to Premier League Productions: "I didn't expect it, but it's happened. I'm out there trying to help the team as much as possible. I thought the boys were brilliant today. Delighted we got the three points, but I hope we're out of the relegation zone.
"We felt comfortable even though we didn't have the ball. We were defensively secure, and that's credit to the boys and the manager. Delighted to get another goal, but we got a clean sheet and three points at Anfield, which is an incredible thing.
"They're still a great team with incredible individuals. When you're in a tough patch, we know it's hard to get out of it. We knew we'd have a chance, and it was about us being solid and taking our chance when we got it.
"When Sean Dyche came in, he made it clear the season starts now. He's been putting us to work, but we needed it to compete at the highest level. We've been running, running, running.
"Any game in the Premier League is difficult. We have to take it game by game."
Did you know?
Nottingham Forest were only the fourth visiting side to win a Premier League game at Anfield by a margin of 3+ goals, after Chelsea in October 2005 (4-1), West Ham in August 2015 (3-0), and Man City in February 2021 (4-1).
Nottingham Forest have won away to Liverpool in back-to-back league seasons for the first time since 1962-63/1963-64. They had only won one of their previous 30 league visits to Anfield before 2024-25.
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Liverpool boss Arne Slot has made five changes to the side that were beaten 3-0 by Man City in their last Premier League game.
Alisson returns from injury to start in goal, while Milos Kerkez, Curtis Jones, Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo start.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones, Salah, Isak, Gakpo
Subs: Mamardashvili, Endo, Gomez, Ekitike, Chiesa, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha
Sean Dyche has decided not to make any changes to the Nottingham Forest side that beat Leeds 3-1 last time out.
Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Savona, Sangare, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Ndoye, Igor Jesus
Subs: Victor, Morato, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, Hutchinson, Yates, Cunha, McAtee, Boly
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This is a hard one to call. Liverpool have lost seven of their past 10 matches, but could they be one of the teams who benefit from the international break?
Forest beat them at Anfield last season - I was there for Radio 5 Live - but that was under Nuno, and they are yet to win anywhere on the road in this campaign.
I don't see that changing this weekend, either. Sean Dyche has picked up some points at the City Ground since he took over as Forest boss at the end of October, but they are meek away from home and I don't see them keeping Liverpool out.
Liverpool have to click sooner or later, and if their attack gets going here then they could overpower my boyhood club.
Mo Salah needs to come to the fore for Arne Slot's side, and so does Alexander Isak.
For someone who forced his move to Liverpool through in the summer, Isak has done very little for his new club so far.
Sutton's prediction: 3-1
