And so after the reds had got one over the blues in Manchester, it was down Nottingham for another Premier League derby.
Just 22 miles separate these two clubs but midway through the season, it is the three points that differentiate Nottingham Forest and Leicester that are perhaps the biggest indicator yet that after a testing start to Premier League life, Steve Cooper's side are well worth their money in the top flight.
Those three points came courtesy of Brennan Johnson's second-half strikes which gave the home side a famous victory in this, the 100th league meeting between these two clubs.