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Casemiro's opening goal for Manchester United against Nottingham Forest perhaps should not have counted. Ruben Amorim's side dominated the opening 30 minutes and got their reward when the Brazil international headed home a Bruno Fernandes corner, but the set-piece probably should not have been given. Nicola Savona headed away a dangerous cross and looked to keep the ball in, however the assistant referee, who was on the other side of the pitch, put his flag up for a corner that Casemiro later scored from. Former Premier League referee Mike Dean has since made his thoughts on the controversial incident perfectly clear. "Its not out," he admitted on Sky Sports. "The assistant referee can't see it but the ball is nowhere near out. it is just a guess by the assistant referee." The half-time whistle at the City Ground just 10 minutes later was met by boos with Elliot Anderson among those that complained to officials. United will not care however, as they search a fourth consecutive victory in the Premier League. Wins over Brighton, Liverpool and Sunderland came before the trip to Nottingham with Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Casemiro proving clinical in front of goal. Only playing once every seven days has seemingly helped United and Amorim with another three points this afternoon likely to take them into the top four, if only for a few hours. There is still 45 minutes to play however, with Amorim fully aware of the challenge his players will face before 5pm. Speaking on Forest, he said at a press conference: "More or less, I watched the last game, it was one of the first ones here that we won, we were so lucky in that game. I watched against Porto, I watched against Bournemouth, the style of play is similar, with different characteristics. "I watched one game that we didn't pre-season with Sporting, so to try to understand how he played in that game. It's similar, he can change some characteristics of the players with the talent that they have, especially with Gibbs-White, Anderson, Hudson-Odoi, very good players. "So we need to be prepared for a different game against Brighton. We had space to play. We are not going to have that space. You need to understand that we are not being the same team away and at home, so we need to improve the way we control the environment. Every tackle is a big moment for the opponent's fans, so we need to play better away. "We are prepared for a very tough match."
