Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper thinks there may very well be much more to return from Dean Henderson because the goalkeeper confirmed Manchester United what they’re lacking within the 1-0 win over West Ham.
On a weekend the place United primary David De Gea was at fault for 2 targets within the 4-0 humbling at Brentford, Henderson was a star participant for Forest as they received their first dwelling recreation again within the Premier League for 23 years.
United loanee Henderson mentioned in an explosive pre-season interview that he was “fuming” on the means he was handled at Old Trafford, claiming he had been promised the primary spot following his return from a mortgage at Sheffield United.
And the 25-year-old backed up his phrases towards the Hammers by saving Declan Rice’s penalty and producing a number of different key stops to make sure a clear sheet.
Boss Cooper didn’t wish to get entangled within the Old Trafford politics, however was impressed with how his goalkeeper performed.
“I’m not interested in that, in terms of his performance he was excellent, he looked a really good goalkeeper, the obvious thing is the penalty save and the other saves he made,” he mentioned.
“His distribution and decision-making was good. I thought tactically he was good with his positioning. He did well, he did well last week, did well this week and we need him to do well next week.
“At times you need goalkeepers to have big moments, like you need strikers to have big moments.
“Dean had some big moments but that is his job, he did it well. He will review the game properly with the goalkeeping staff and working even harder to keep improving.”
Had it not been for Henderson’s heroics, the Hammers, who additionally hit the crossbar twice, would have gotten their season up and working.
Instead boss David Moyes was left to mirror on successive defeats and a sense of his aspect not fairly being as much as the extent but.
They start their European journey within the Europa Conference League play-off first leg towards Danish aspect Viborg and Moyes doesn’t see it as a distraction.
“It’s an absolutely fantastic thing. We finished seventh in the league last year and you’re talking about is Europe good?” he mentioned.
“My goodness, I don’t know how many teams in the league would shake your hand and say, ‘Please give us European football’. We have a play-off and we want to try and get in the group. It’s a great thing for West Ham.”
Meanwhile, Joe Lolley has develop into the ninth participant to go away Forest this summer time.
The midfielder, who has seen 15 signings come by means of the door on the City Ground, has joined Sydney FC after four-and-a-half years with the membership.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk