?Champions of Europe, you?ll never sing that,? came the chant as Nottingham Forest supporters, not for the first time, enjoyed getting one over on Malm?. A lot has happened since Trevor Francis?s stooping header to clinch the European Cup in Munich in 1979 but Forest still cherish those days. A lot has also changed in the five weeks since Sean Dyche took the reins, Forest reinvigorated and a comfortable win thanks to goals by Arnaud Kalimuendo, Ryan Yates and Nikola Milenkovic enhanced their hope of qualifying for the Europa League knockout phase.
For Forest, this victory ? against a Malm? side that had not played for almost three weeks after finishing sixth in their domestic league ? represented a third straight win in all competitions and further built on the momentum gained from last weekend?s success at Liverpool. This was a re-run of Forest?s European Cup triumph in name but the game itself was free of any jeopardy or jitters.
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