"Nottingham Forest kept their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League knockout stage alive after a dominant 3-0 win over Malmo on Thursday. Ryan Yates, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Nikola Milenkovic all struck for Sean Dyche's side to move them up to 16th in the table, just two points off the top eight. In a cagey opening, Nicolas Dominguez thumped a close-range header marginally wide of the left post, before later drilling a low effort straight down the middle at Melker Ellborg."
"But Forest found the opener in the 27th minute, with Yates latching onto Milenkovic's blocked shot on the edge of the box to sidefoot his low effort into the bottom-right corner. Ellbog denied Kalimuendo with a fine low stop shortly after, but the Frenchman netted his first Forest goal on the stroke of half-time, volleying in from close range after the goalkeeper had stretched to keep out Yates' header."
"Malmo offered little in terms of a fightback and found themselves three goals down in the 58th minute. Milenkovic, who got in the way of Yates' unmarked volley, fired home from the edge of the six-yard box, with the goal surviving a VAR check. From the restart, Callum Hudson-Odoi almost got Forest a fourth, bending an excellent shot from the left of the box against the top of the crossbar as the hosts strolled to the win."
Nottingham Forest produced a dominant 3-0 victory over Malmo, with Ryan Yates, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Nikola Milenkovic scoring. Yates opened the scoring in the 27th minute from a rebound off Milenkovic's blocked shot, and Kalimuendo added a volley on the stroke of half-time after the goalkeeper had kept out an earlier header. Milenkovic completed the scoring in the 58th minute, his goal surviving a VAR check. Forest have won three consecutive games under Sean Dyche, scoring three goals in each and keeping clean sheets in all three Europa League matches. Malmo registered just one on-target shot and no touches in the opposition box.
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