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Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest: Anthony Elanga stuns Mauricio Pochettino
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Elanga’s first goal for Forest since joining from Manchester United was enough to deal Chelsea another defeat
Elanga’s first goal for Forest since joining from Manchester United was enough to deal Chelsea another defeat EDDIE KEOGH/GETTY IMAGES
Jonathan Northcroft
, Football Correspondent
Saturday September 02 2023, 6.00pm BST, The Sunday Times
This time last year Nottingham Forest were the ones ridiculed for their transfers, the club struggling for stability in a sea of pressure and noise. Now it is Chelsea and they were back, those full-time boos at Stamford Bridge. Mauricio Pochettino is charged with the task of bringing direction and a successful formula to a club challenged by the hyperactivity of their recruiters and owners.
He could do worse than study Steve Cooper. Over the past 12 months one of the best managerial jobs, by anyone anywhere, has been done by this humble, empathetic Welshman. Here, the day after losing his star player in Brennan Johnson — shipped to Tottenham Hotspur — Cooper engineered a famous win, Forest’s first at Stamford Bridge in 28 years,
