Nottingham Forest Stuns Everton 2-0: Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White Propel Nuno Espirito Santo's Team to Second in Premier League Standings

Nuno Espirito Santo's team put on another impressive performance, showing great resilience after losing key centre-back Murillo to injury during the warm-up.

Forest deservedly took a first half lead as Chris Wood played a one-two of headers with Anthony Elanga before lofting the ball above Jordan Pickford.

That move was made by Morgan Gibbs-White, who played a glorious long ball to unlock the Everton defence for Wood to punish them. And it was the same Forest midfielder who got the second on the hour mark via an Everton mistake.

Abdoulaye Doucoure made a slack backpass which Elanga picked up on. He found Wood in the box who squared to Gibbs-White, who cut inside Doucoure and slammed the ball high into the net.

There was little response throughout from Everton, who dropped Dominic Calvert-Lewin to give Armando Broja a first start of the season but failed to register a shot on target until the 80th minute at Goodison Park.

They were also lucky not to see James Tarkowski sent off in the first half when, already on a booking, he lunged in harshly on Forest striker Wood.

The latest blank means Sean Dyche's side have failed to score in seven out of their last nine matches. While this is just their third home league defeat of the season, their form at Goodison Park is dimming as they hover just above the relegation zone.

Analysis: Forest are who Everton want to be

' Sam Blitz:

When Everton and Nottingham Forest met in April of this year, there were just two points separating the sides.

This was once a relegation six-pointer in the Premier League, now one team is streets clear of the other. In fact, Nottingham Forest have become the team Everton want to be - and have wanted to be for some time now.

Forest are clinical in both boxes and have the squad depth to produce what Nuno wants from his team.

The difference between the two was best summed up in the 74th minute of this game, when Nuno took off Wood and Gibbs-White knowing full well the result was sealed in the same minute when Beto was brought on by Dyche as Everton tested their third different combination up front.

Forest have a manager who can effectively deal with turmoil. Nuno saw Murillo limp off during the warm-up which forced him to change formation last minute. His players still delivered, with Morato's performance as defensive understudy epitomising this culture.

With blanks in seven out of their last nine matches, Dyche is still working out his formula on how to get results.

There is also a difference between the backing upstairs. Everton have seen years of ownership turmoil, recently ended by the Friedkin Group's takeover, while Forest finally have stability under Evangelos Marinakis. The difference between the two clubs could not be greater.

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