Nottingham Forest secured a famous victory as the beat West Ham as Premier League football returned to the City Ground after 23 long years.
New signing of 17m pound Taiwo Awoniyi, applied the first time finish after Jesse Lingard’s effort had been deflected into his path off Hammers defender Ben Johnson.
Goalkeeper Dean Henderson was Forest’s other hero, denying Declan Rice with a second-half penalty save.
The Hammers could also reflect on two strikes from distance that hit the crossbar and with another excellent Henderson save from Tomas Soucek as they started the league off with successive defeats.
West Ham started passing the ball and Harry Toffolo had to clear off from Tomas Soucek after Henderson had parried Benrahma’s shot.
His neat finish from Rice’s pass was ruled out because Michail Antonio was deemed to have flung over Orel Mangala just seconds earlier. The referee was sent to look at the monitor, however, he disallowed the goal.
