Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper anticipated Callum Hudson-Odoi to have a huge impact as his “moment of brilliance” earned a 1-1 draw with Burnley.
Hudson-Odoi reminded the Premier League what he’s succesful of with a high-quality debut objective, bringing his aspect degree with a superb curling effort within the second half after Zeki Amdouni had put the Clarets forward.
It is eighteen months because the 22-year-old final performed in England’s high flight as his promising Chelsea profession petered out, however, after a yr on mortgage at Bayer Leverkusen, he was again with a bang.
He was Forest’s brightest spark following his deadline-day transfer from Stamford Bridge and bought his reward.
“Any new player will want to hit the ground running and show what they can do,” Cooper stated. “We got Anthony (Elanga) and Callum in really good positions and we could have done more with them.
“I know he has quality and he can have moments of brilliance. We need that at times in the Premier League and we got one tonight. It is great for him, great for us obviously.
“He hasn’t played much football, he has trained well, but I backed him to do well tonight. He ran out of legs, I didn’t think we’d get that long out of him. We have got to push him to do more of that.
“You see goals like that in the Premier League, there is so much quality. It is a brilliant goal. We have had a few of those scored against us but we haven’t had too many of them for us. Beautiful strike, beautiful technique, great for him, great for the team. He will feel good about that.”
I do know he has high quality and he can have moments of brilliance. We want that at instances within the Premier League and we bought one tonight
Steve Cooper on Callum Hudson-Odoi
The level for Burnley enabled them to get their marketing campaign up and operating after three successive defeats, however they is perhaps upset they didn’t go away with all three after they had been denied a late winner by VAR as Sander Berge was dominated to have dealt with the ball.
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They then ended the sport with 10 males after Lyle Foster elbowed Ryan Yates deep into added time, with VAR additionally intervening.
Clarets boss Vincent Kompany was pragmatic in his response.
“I have a decent business brain and a decent coaching brain, but when it comes to the laws and legalities I switch off,” he stated.
“A handball this way and handball that way, people come in and explain to us all of the time, but I have come to a decision to trust they know what they are doing and that they have the right intentions.
“It’s not something I want to discuss too much because I can’t change it now.”
Having performed Manchester City, Aston Villa and Tottenham of their opening three video games, Kompany is seeing an enchancment.
“You have to fight for every point in this league, but there is a range of teams that we can compete with at the moment from what I have observed,” the Belgian added.
“I thought today was at least even and depending what side of the fence you sit on you probably think you deserved three points.
“But, if we stay in these games, our team has got so much progress still to go and that is the exciting things for us. In these types of games we are there, but in the future there is room for much further improvement.”
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