The English league table is starting to have a 1979 kind of feel to it.
Nottingham Forest climbed provisionally up to second place behind Liverpool with a 2-0 win over Everton to continue its surprising push for a Champions League place.
Forest finished second behind Liverpool in 1979 – the same year it won the first of two straight European Cups under Brian Clough – but hasn’t finished that high in the domestic first division since then.
The club’s long-suffering fans finally have reason to believe that the good times are back under manager Nuno Espirito Santo.
Chris Wood put Forest ahead against Everton with a delicate lob in the 15th minute after linking up with Anthony Elanga on a quick counterattack, and then set up Morgan Gibbs-White to double the lead in the 61st.
The win puts Forest one point above Arsenal and two ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League table, although both London clubs have a game in hand.
