Nottingham Forest: “A Special Player” – Risorgente Anthony Elanga leads the Forest Push Champions League

Anthony Elanga had left Manchester United in the past. Tuesday followed their wake.

Alejandro Garnacho and Patrick Dorgu did not manage to keep up with the 22 year old while bursting from the edge of his area following the defensive header of Ryan Yates, he collected the ball and ran 70 yard.

The Swedish wing still calm to find the lower corner from 18 IARDE.

A special moment-but refused to celebrate against the club that joined the twelve year old.

A 1-0 victory has maintained the incessant research of the forest to reach the Champions League And he left them third in the Premier League, with an advantage of 10 points on Newcastle in sixth place.

Holy Expire Nuno Chief admitted that he had never seen such a goal, while the captain of the Yates forest labeled his teammate a “dream of the midfielder”.

“It is a matter of attacking the space and getting to the opposite goal as quickly as possible. I saw the space and I think I am one of the fastest players in the championship,” Elanga said to TNT Sports while keeping his man-of-the-match prize.

“The finish line is something I tried to work on. The left foot or the right foot, I am quite at ease with both feet this season.

“Everything you want to do is continue to improve. Coming here is about the game and development. I appreciate Manchester United as much as I learned a lot there.

“I’m enjoying football and I want to continue going.”

His movement of £ 15 million in Nottingham Forest in 2023 was intended to report that fun in his game.

He made 55 appearances, scoring four goals, for United but was thrown away by Erik Ten Hag, who felt that the wing would not have the vote. This happened after only five departures of the Premier League in 2022-23.

It is interesting to note, however, the current Boss United Ruben Amorim played the fact that Elanga was allowed to leave.

He said: “We are talking about many players who were at Manchester United who are doing well, but they had the opportunity here. To United, you don’t have time. I will not have time. We have to do it well.

“They were here and here the pressure is too big sometimes. Sometimes you don’t have time and you should have time for these children to develop.

“For this you need a strong base. If you don’t have it, we will not help our children. They have had their possibilities and sometimes the pressure that plays for Manchester United is really great.”

Clearly there are no regrets from Elanga, whose return to six goals is the best of a season.

“I made the right decision, 100%,” Elanga said to Athletic in December. “I didn’t really talk about it, but at the time I was very young at the time and I was entering a team that was fighting.

“Yes, there was the thought that” I’m playing for Manchester United. “But I never felt like I improved. I was playing for the taste of playing when I had the strange opportunity from the bench.

“Come to Forest was so great for me, because suddenly I was regularly playing 90 minutes, while I had the opportunity to improve. When I played, I felt like I had a purpose; as if I was playing and improving the process. This was the greatest change for me.

“I feel as if I knew the League inside now, because I had the opportunity to learn. I have no regrets, because I enjoy playing fantastic football with this team. At the moment we really find ourselves in one place.”

That place improved only after a well -deserved victory over United pushed them closer to a fairytale ending this season, With a semifinal of the England Cup against the part of Manchester City.

With eight remaining games, they are approaching the Champions League.

Elanga has played his part with his goals and eight assists, for which he is joined in the Premier League ranking. And it’s fast: before Tuesday’s game, the statistics showed that they had spent 1.17% of his time on the pitch this season, a maximum of the Premier League.

After Tuesday’s goal, that figure will undoubtedly be improved.

As Nuno said about his matchwinner: “He did it alone. There is no better counterattack. He is a special player.”