Nottingham Forest back on track under Sean Dyche – but worries for Leeds?

It had looked until the hour mark as if Forest might have been in for a frustrating 1-1 draw, which would have changed the narrative somewhat.

“If it had gone the other way today, after losing to Bournemouth, drawing with Manchester United, one point out of three Premier League games means all of a sudden the discontent is there, especially at home,” said Murphy.

But that is not what happened. Dyche brought on Hutchinson, Taiwo Awoniyi and Ryan Yates in the 59th minute.

The changes instantly lifted the City Ground crowd, who were delighted with the positivity.

And £37.5m summer signing Hutchinson had a big hand in the two goals, setting up Gibbs-White and winning the penalty.

“Being proactive won the game for Dyche, rather than trying to protect what they had got,” said Murphy.

“People have accused Dyche many times of being too negative, and this was a great example of him saying ‘I’ve got the quality and we can win this game’ – and bam, they did it that way.

“We see so many managers do it in the last 10 or 15 minutes – I think it was telling that Dyche made his changes here much earlier in the second half.”

He added: “Now, the mood is very different, and all of a sudden everyone is looking up the table and thinking now they are only one win from getting out of the relegation zone.”