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Chris Wood on the double for Forest as Foxes booed off

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Chris Wood scored twice as Nottingham Forest reminded former boss Steve Cooper all about them in a 3-1 win at Leicester.Wood bagged a second-half double to earn Forest the three points after Ryan Yates' early opener had been cancelled out by Jamie Vardy.Foxes boss Cooper, who was sacked by Forest last December, bizarrely refused to even acknowledge his time at the City Ground before the match in an attempt not to annoy Leicester fans.But he could not avoid them for long as his former club put on a rampant display at the King Power Stadium to claim their second win in four days and climb to fifth in the table as Cooper’s replacement Nuno Espirito Santo’s excellent work continues.It was at this ground two years ago that Forest fans sung Cooper’s name after a 4-0 defeat which saved him from the sack.

The packed away end again serenaded him, but this time it will have hurt.His new side, who came into the game with back-to-back wins, put in an inept defensive display which will have annoyed the home fans far more than any pre-match comments might have.Forest opened the scoring in the 16th minute as the hosts’ generous defending began.Facundo Buonanotte was tackled on the edge of his own area and then James Justin failed to clear properly, allowing Yates to pick out the bottom corner from 20 yards.Leicester responded well and levelled seven minutes later as Vardy was in position to poke home Harry Winks’ fizzed ball across goal.The Foxes were celebrating again moments later, but this time it was at the other end as Mads Hermansen produced a brilliant save to deny Nicolas Dominguez, flinging himself across goal to block the Argentinian’s shot.The Danish goalkeeper was forced into another save nine minutes before the break when

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