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Alongside Igor Jesus, Nottingham Forest fans blown away by 'ridiculous' star vs Real Betis

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Ciaran Morrison

Wed 24 September 2025 22:05, UK



Nottingham Forest supporters lauded the performance of one star in their Europa League match against Real Betis.





Igor Jesus scored twice as Nottingham Forest earned a 2-2 draw against Real Betis in Spain.



After a rocky start to his tenure as Nottingham Forest manager, Postecoglou will have taken plenty of positives from the match.

Ange Postecoglou took charge of his fourth Nottingham Forest match against Real Betis.

Whilst Jesus may have sealed the headlines with two goals, midfielder Elliot Anderson was impressive fans on social media.



Man United have showed interest in Anderson amid the 22-year-old fine performances for club and country.

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During the Nottingham Forest match, one fan posted: “Elliot Anderson should be one of the first names on the teamsheet for England next summer.

Another supporter posted: “Elliot Anderson playing like Gascoigne tonight!“

“Elliot Anderson is a ridiculous footballer.

What a brilliant player he is,” one wrote.

More high praise came in for Anderson: “I swear Elliot Anderson is the English Andreas Iniesta.”

Before this fan commented: “Elliot Anderson is absolutely running it.



Minutes Played90Touches66Successful dribbles5Ground Duels Won12Elliot Anderson’s stats for Nottingham Forest vs Real Betis, as per Fotmob.

Postecoglou will be desperate to keep the midfielder and Nottingham Forest may hope to do what they did with Morgan Gibbs-White and tie him down to a new contract.