The Monday Night Club panel were full of praise for Nottingham Forest and head coach Nuno Espirito Santo after Saturday's fine win over Liverpool at Anfield continued their unbeaten start to the Premier League season.

"They have plenty of options, a better squad, a stronger squad," said former Newcastle United and Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given.

"How many opposition managers do you see go to Anfield, it's 0-0 after an hour and they're putting on an extra midfielder and shutting up the shop with an extra defender ? He's gone: 'Hang on, I can smell something here, something even more successful.'

"He thought: 'We can make history today. I'm going to roll the dice.' He put two quick wingers on and tried and win the game. He deserves so much credit because so many managers, from so many different clubs, go to the big clubs and are happy with a draw. He's thought the opposite and went and won the game."

After guiding Forest to safety last season despite a four point deduction, New York Times journalist Rory Smith believes Nuno can bring similar success to that which he brought to Wolves during his four years at Molineux.

"To an extent, Nuno's reputation has been unduly affected by that short, unhappy stint at Spurs," added Smith. "Nuno did really, really well at Wolves. He's taken a team that wasn't dissimilar in terms of the squad to Forest.

"The way he made Wolves a well-established Premier League team was making them hard to beat, solid with two or three injections of real quality. And if you look at Forest, there's that similar sort of blueprint.

"Nuno is a really good manager at getting those sorts of teams results and I wonder if we've forgotten that a little bit because it didn't work out for him at Spurs."