For Nottingham Forest, a home game against Newcastle was the first acid test on home soil of the 2024/25 Premier League campaign. The Reds had previously welcomed Bournemouth, Wolves, Fulham, Crystal Palace and West Ham to the City Ground. Newcastle were the first team fancied to do well to come to Nottingham and test a Forest team who found themselves in third place ahead of the game. Ultimately, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men failed the test. Forest tried hard. So hard that at half-time it was a case of so far, so good after Murillo had headed the Reds into the lead. Espirito Santo hailed Murillo…
