Forest edge derby thriller

Burton manager Nigel Clough made an eventful return to the City Ground as a double from Britt Assombalonga lifted Nottingham Forest to a 4-3 victory.

On the opening weekend of the Sky Bet Championship, it was Forest boss Philippe Montanier celebrating and Clough wondering what might have been.

Goals from Lucas Akins and Lloyd Dyer had given the Brewers a 2-1 lead by the half-hour mark, after Assombalonga put the home side ahead.

But Burton’s first appearance in the Championship – and their first clash with Clough’s former club Forest – was to end in defeat, as Thomas Lam lashed home an equaliser, before a second-half goals from Oliver Burke and Assombalonga’s second appeared to give Forest a comfortable cushion.

Substitute Tom Naylor glanced home a 90th-minute header, from a Hamza Choudhury cross, to ensure a nervous finish.

Forest had been forced into a change after 20 minutes, when goalkeeper Dorus de Vries landed awkwardly, perhaps with one eye on Akins, who was flying in to challenge. It meant a debut for summer signing Stephen Henderson, off the …

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