Forest moved on to 11 points after six matches.

Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche said his side’s 2-1 win in Utrecht was fully deserved after they gave their hopes of a top-eight Europa League group phase finish a big lift.

Utrecht substitute Mike van der Hoorn’s header cancelled out Arnaud Kalimuendo’s second-half opener for Forest before Igor Jesus stepped off the bench to fire the visitors’ late winner.

Forest bounced back from last weekend’s 3-0 defeat at Everton to clinch their first win on the road in Europe since 1995 and their third in this season’s competition to move on to 11 points after six matches.

Dyche told UEFA: “We dominated the early periods of the second half. We conceded from a free-kick. But then the reaction was fantastic, with the subs coming onto the pitch and a

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