Chris Wood celebrates one of his two goals against Leicester City. Photo / Getty Images
New Zealand’s Chris Wood scored a brace as Nottingham Forest moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over hosts Leicester City in the East Midlands derby, underlining their excellent start to the season.
Ryan Yates put Forest in front in today’s match with a rare goal before Jamie Vardy equalised for the home side. The visitors were much the better side in the second half and Woods’ double took them to a comfortable victory.
Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen made a stunning save from point-blank range to deny Nicolas Dominguez, Forest winger Callum Hudson-Odoi struck the post and Yates missed a sitter as the visitors should have won by a greater margin.
Forest moved to 16 points from nine matches and into the top five, though they have played a game more than the teams around them. Leicester stay in 14th place with nine points from as many fixtures as they continue to leak goals.
Wood’s second-half double against his former team marked his sixth and seventh goals in nine games. On each occasion he has scored, Forest have won or drawn.
