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Matt Davies & Sarah Clapson

Nottingham Forest duo stake their claim for Championship start after impressing against Fleetwood Town

Tiago Silva's brilliant strike helped Nottingham Forest scape past Fleetwood with a 1-0 win at the City Ground in the Carabao Cup.

It was a case of it's the result that counts for the Reds with Joey Barton's organised Cod Army outfit were a tough nut to crack.

Sabri Lamouchi's side earned a place in the second round as Silva controlled, turned and finished wonderfully from 10 yards to provide the only goal of the game.

Forest made nine changes to the team that claimed a 1-1 draw at Leeds, while giving a first start to seven of their 12 summer signings.

The goal finally came in the 59th minute as John Bostock slid in Silva, who lifted an emphatic finish high into the back of the net.

Ross Wallace was denied a spectacular equaliser when Samba saved his curling free-kick amid a late flurry from the visitors.

Here's what Sarah Clapson made of the game - and the second round draw against Derby County.

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