Nottingham Forest have made it six consecutive Premier League wins as they overhauled a vastly improved Wolves side to move level on points with second-placed Arsenal.

Goalkeeper Matz Sales made some good saves to keep out Wolves in a brilliant first-half display and at the other end Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoni scored after a trademark counter attack.

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Wolves manager Vitor Pereira will take solace in the fact that his side created a number of good chances but were unable to capitalize on them and Forest were adept at finishing their chances.

Former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo has now seen his side take the lead in 16 of their 20 league games and they sit just six points behind Liverpool – who they host next week.

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With new England manager Thomas Tuchel in the stands, Forest celebrated the 50th anniversary of the appointment of their great manager Brian Clough in style.

An Elliott Anderson pass forward found Gibbs-White who ran at the Wolves defence, exchanged passes with Anthony Elanga and the bottom corner was met by a deflection.

The former Wolves man was in agony from the home fans after kick-off and celebrated by putting his fingers in his ears.

An incredible Murillo block on the line prevented Jørgen Strand Larsson from equalizing after a lovely Hwang Hee-chan run, before Celes made a great save from a Rodrigo Gomes strike.

Another great save denied Larsson’s header from close range before Forest thought they had a penalty for handball but a VAR check relieved Ryan Ait-Nouri.

A long ball forwards then allowed Callum Hudson-Odoi to speed down the left and his cutback found Wood, who scored his 12th goal of the season.

Larsson had another good effort saved after the break but Forest managed the game brilliantly to win again – sub Avo was on hand to tap in James Ward-Prowse’s pass after another electric break late on.