RIVER-DANCE RYAN: WE WON‘T SINK

Fans may go for a swim in Trent after Yates’ shock goal but team won’t go off deep end

and had a couple ruled out by VAR last season, so I had to do that swimming celebration just to give something back.

“I just remember the ball dropping and the net rippling.

“Then I thought ‘Oh no, they’re checking it’ but I’m just buzzing about the win.”

Asked if he planned to dive in the Trent, Yates said: “I think it’s a bit dangerous but when we’re safe I will.”

Nuno Espirito Santo (circle) and his men are waiting to discover the outcome of their appeal against a fourpoint penalty for breaking financial rules. A decision is imminent and, if they get two points back – a distinct possibility – they would relegate Burnley.

It would also leave Forest five points clear of third-bottom Luton with two games remaining. Yates added: “As players we don’t really know what to think about it. We’ll just go on as if we’re not getting anything back. Until we’re mathematically safe ourselves, we’ll just keep going. We knew we had enough to come here and win so we’ve just got to do the business on the pitch.”

Forest trailed through Ben Brereton Diaz’s early pen but Callum Hudson-odoi scored a stunning

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West Ham (a) Fulham (h) equaliser before the break. Yates then fired home in the 51st minute (below) before Hudson-odoi bagged his second with another brilliant shot to confirm Forest’s first away victory since winning at Newcastle on Boxing Day.

Yates became only the ninth player to score in each of England’s top four tiers since the start of the 2017-18 season. Forest boss Nuno said of his skipper: “I’m really happy for him. He is an important player for us.

“We decide our own destiny

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