‘stupid’ red that soured Cherries

ourselves then you know what is going to happen,” said Hughton.

“We are at home again on Wednesday against Blackburn and that’s our chance to turn it round.

“But we do need more players. It’s not for the want of trying, but it’s proving to be a difficult transfer window. Whether we get players in during the next few days or in the last two weeks of the window I don’t know. We need them.” Hughton claims Forest lost to soft goals, but that’s unfair on Bournemouth, who look like promotion contenders again.

Brooks’ goal was the best moment of a busy first half.

His run set up a one-two with Dominic and he set up another one 10 Solanke and the return ball minutes later, his pace again was played perfectly into leaving Forest in his wake, but Brooks’ path. there was no Bournemouth

He cut through Forest’s man to keep up with him as defence and drove a shot the ball flashed across goal. past keeper Brice Samba. Mark Travers was hardly

Brooks was a quality threat troubled in the Cherries goal

NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Samba 6; Gabriel 6, Figueiredo 6, Mckenna 6, Osei-tutu 7; Yates 6, Colback 6 (Carvalho 83); Lolley 6 (Mighten 68, 6), Johnson 6, Zinkernagel 7; Taylor 6 (Grabban 76, 5).

Unused Subs: Horvath, Cafu, Fornah, Back.

BOURNEMOUTH: Travers 6; Mepham 6, Ibsen Rossi 6, Kelly 7, Zemua 6; Marcondes 6 (Davis 81), Billing 7, Kilkenny 6; Brooks 8, Solanke 6 (Saydee 90), Anthony 6.

Unused Subs: Dennis, Taylor, Glover, Moriah-welsh, Camp.

MAN OF THE MATCH: David Brooks. Was a class above until stupidly got himself sent off.

REFEREE: Geoff Eltringham 6. – and he was still standing watching when Ryan Yates’ 25-yarder smacked against the bottom of his left-hand post and rebounded along the goal-line.

Forest were level three minutes into the second half with a thumping Scott Mckenna header from a

Philip Zinckernagel free-kick.

But equality lasted only 10 minutes, the powerful Phil Billing turning and smashing the ball in at the end of a good Bournemouth move.