The Reds midfielder celebrated one of Jack Colback’s goals with what appears to be a rude gesture – and some Forest fans loved it.
Nottingham Forest returned to winning ways in some style on New Year’s Day as they ran out 4-2 winners over Leeds United in their Championship clash at the City Ground.
The Reds went into the game having suffered a downturn in form which led to speculation – The Telegraph running one such story – claiming that manager Aitor Karanka was due to get the sack.
Marcelo Bielsa’s charges, meanwhile, were – and still are – top of the table and as such were favourites for a positive result in Nottingham, but the hosts ended up with all three points.
Jack Colback opened the scoring after just five minutes following a poorly executed Adam Forshaw backpass while Kalvin Phillips was sent off on the stroke of half time.
Although Leeds responded through Jack Clarke and Ezgjan Alioski, Forest rifled home three goals in seven second-half minutes to end a five-game winless run.
On Twitter, Forest fan Craige Gee shared an image of Reds midfielder Joao Carvalho celebrating with Colback after scoring, with the Portuguese’s middle finger appearing up in the photo:
The image prompted a reaction – mostly positive – from some fellow Forest faithful:
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