Days earlier than the arrival of Liverpool for his or her FA Cup quarter-final, Nottingham Forest gave their Championship promotion bid one other increase below Steve Cooper.
Cooper took over at Forest again in September, with the membership backside of the Championship, and since then has steered his facet to fifteen wins in 28 league video games.
Beneath his administration, Forest have misplaced simply 4 occasions in 31 video games in all competitions, together with victories over Arsenal, Leicester and Huddersfield to guide a spot within the FA Cup quarter-finals.
This supreme type has led to elevated hopes of promotion to the Premier League, which have been boosted once more on Wednesday evening with a 3-1 win over QPR.
Wasteful ending and the efforts of QPR goalkeeper David Marshall left Forest pissed off within the first half on the Metropolis Floor, with Andre Grey placing the guests forward earlier than the break.
However Cooper’s facet confirmed their high quality after the interval, with a three-goal fightback kicked off by a surprising strike from right-back Djed Spence.
Spence, a rumoured Liverpool goal who’s at the moment on mortgage from Middlesbrough, picked up a free-kick 30 yards out and, stepping ahead, unleashed a robust drive that went in off the crossbar.
Ryan Yates then gave Forest the lead with a flick on from a nook, earlier than Brennan Johnson capped a blistering counter to seal the victory.
The win lifted Forest some extent behind seventh-placed Middlesbrough and sixth-placed QPR, and two off Luton in fifth, with a sport in hand over these play-off rivals.
In addition they maintain two video games in hand on fourth-placed Blackburn and third-placed Huddersfield, with the flexibility to overhaul each if outcomes go their means.
For now, although, Forest will flip their consideration to the FA Cup, with Liverpool heading to the Metropolis Floor on Sunday night trying to guide a spot within the semi-finals.
Cooper, who labored for the Reds for 5 years till 2013, shall be with out centre-back Steve Cook dinner and left-back Max Lowe, whereas one other centre-back, Steve McKenna, is a doubt after limping off in midweek.
