Dougie Freedman secured his second win in as many games, as he led Forest to a comfortable 3-0 victory against Wigan Athletic at The City Ground. Britt Assombalonga put Forest 1-0 up before the break. Second half goals from Chris Burke and Henri Lansbury added further gloss to the victory. This secured six points out of six so far for Dougie Freedman in charge of Forest.
Forest started the game very brightly as you'd expect after winning the first game under a new manager. Chris Burke whipped in a dangerous ball to Michail Antonio who headed wide when he probably should've done better with the opportunity. However, despite Forest's dominance, Wigan almost took the lead when Bo-Kyung let fly only to be denied by Karl Darlow in the Forest goal. Michail Antonio had another chance but his low shot was held by Wigan keeper Al-Habsi. Then came the first goal of the game, and it was a very good one. Chris Burke did well in the middle of the park before feeding a delightful through ball for Assombalonga who slotted home past the keeper. Forest could of made it 2-0 soon after as Antonio set up Lansbury for the shot but he fired over. Wigan looked a team who were beginning to struggle which wasn't surprising due to the dire form they were in.
Forest started the second half equally as impressive as the first. Michail Antonio did well to shrug off two challenges and set up Chris Burke on the right hand side who smashed the ball into the top corner to make it 2-0. Then came what was without doubt the best goal in the game. Assombalonga did well to hold the ball up and play the ball to Fox on the left hand side of the pitch. He then gave the ball to Lansbury who turned and curled a beautiful shot into the bottom corner from about 20 yards out to make it 3-0 to Forest and give no way back for Wigan. The game turned sour soon after as Britt Assombalonga picked up what looked like a serious injury and was taken off on a stretcher after a long delay. The atmosphere in the City Ground dipped after this but Forest still had enough about them to cruise to victory.
Overall, this was a very good day for Forest and it was very refreshing to see Forest completely dominating a team at home for once. It has been a long time since teams feared going to the City Ground because they thought they might be on the end of a battering. This was a fantastic team performance with so many positives to take. The only negative is the blow of the injury to Britt Assombalonga but he will be back. However, what must be remembered is how poor a team Wigan are at the moment.
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