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Southampton 0-1 Nottingham Forest: Morgan Gibbs-White scores winner for Nuno Espirito's men against newly promoted Saints

To have 23 shots at goal and only win 1-0 tells you something about both victors Nottingham Forest and defeated hosts Southampton.

Morgan Gibbs-White’s breakthrough in the second half saw the visitors finally take advantage of the heavy pressure they had long built at St Mary’s.

Forest were aided in part by Southampton’s insistence on playing it out from the back. Indeed, against a more clinical side the Saints would have suffered a much heavier defeat.

By 16 minutes, Forest should have been ahead. Ola Aina found Chris Wood at the back post only for his header to be caught gratefully by Alex McCarthy.