3 things we clearly learnt about Nottingham Forest after their win v QPR

It was another great result for Nottingham Forest last night as they left it late to beat fellow play-off chasing Queens Park Rangers 3-1.

Goals from Djed Spence, Ryan Yates and Brennan Johnson were enough to cancel out Andre Gray’s first half effort and earn Forest all three points at the City Ground.

The result was Forest’s third win in their last five matches and Steve Cooper’s men are now unbeaten in their last nine in all competitions.

That form leaves them eighth in the Championship table, one point behind their opponents from last night, QPR, in sixth.

With that being said, here are three things we learnt following last night’s result.

Last night was yet another reminder of just how good Djed Spence has been for Forest in the Championship this season.

Spence grabbed one of the goals in the match, but it was his all round play that was mightily impressive.

With a host of Europe’s elite clubs monitoring him ahead of the summer window, Spence has another opportunity to impress when Forest play Liverpool in the FA Cup on Sunday.

Steve Cooper said a couple of weeks ago that Forest couldn’t afford to dwell on any injuries they got in the run in and since then they have had a couple of huge blows.

Both Steve Cook and Max Lowe are set to be out for six weeks with ankle and groin injuries respectively and in recent weeks, Forest also had to deal with matches without their number one goalkeeper, Brice Samba.

In these players absences, players continue to step up though.

Ethan Horvath has been excellent between the sticks in recent weeks, and Tobias Figueiredo did a decent job stepping into the back line in place of Cooper given it was the first time he had played in the league since December.

All in all, Forest seem to be