Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche speaking to TNT Sports after the Europa League win against Porto: "Marvellous. It meant a lot as the players have been through a lot and the fans have, so just to give something back to them.

A first win since the opening day of the season was exactly the result the incoming manager needed to restore some joy at the City Ground

After handing Porto their first defeat of the campaign, Sean Dyche’s tactics have been assessed by the national press in Portugal. Publico claimed that Porto were not prepared to deal with Dyche’s ‘aggressive’ Forest team, whose simple style under their new manager delivered a key result.

Fray said: "If he was going to plan out a first game, he'd have an unbeaten team on top of the Portuguese league on a European night under the lights at City Ground and beat them, to inflict their first defeat of the season, get a couple of penalties on the way, have a bit of drama with VAR and keep a clean sheet for the first time in 21 matches.

Iraola added that Enes Unal, who has been out since January with an anterior cruciate ligament tear, is "training fully".

Nottingham Forest takes on Porto at the City Ground in Nottingham on Thursday, Oct. 23. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. BST local time in the UK, making it a 9 p.m. CEST start in Europe, a 3 p.m. ET or 12 p.m. PT kickoff in the US, and a 6 a.m. AEDT start in Australia on Friday.

Real Madrid are interested in a 2026 deal for Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, with Murillo also on the radar of Los Blancos.