Glasner glee and Delap double – win could be lift-off for Forest

Oliver Glasner's celebrations and two goals for Liam Delap bode well for a Nottingham Forest team looking to kick on after their first home Premier League win of the season. The Oliver Glasner volcano could not contain the emotional lava of an impending first home Premier League victory any longer. Nottingham Forest's opening goal from Jair Cunha against Manchester City had drawn polite applause and a sedate thumbs-up from the Austrian manager. Glasner was bubbling below the surface after Liam Delap's strike went in – dancing a merry jig in his technical area and hoisting his fists in the air. When Delap rattled in Forest's third goal there was an eruption of joy from the 52-year-old.

Glasner sprinted down the touchline (well, as best a man in his early fifties can sprint) to join Forest's players as they mobbed the striker. "One of my best running stats, I guess," Glasner joked to BBC Match of the Day after Forest's 3-1 win over City. "I will be fatigued tomorrow but I can be because it's the international break so I can have a rest." Forest's victory was their first in the league at the City Ground this season as Glasner's philosophy finally translated into that most precious of football commodities: goals. Perhaps he was on to something when he said his