Nuno Espirito Santo says Forest’s win at Saints ‘first step towards improvement’

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nuno Espirito Santo praised his Nottingham Forest side for “finding the details” to beat Southampton 1-0 at St Mary’s and record their first victory of the season. It’s been slowly positive towards that direction.” Forest had dominated the first half without finding a way through. Defender Nikola Milenkovic ought to have marked his debut with a goal, arriving in the six-yard box to meet Chris Wood’s driven cross but somehow contriving to knock the ball wide of an open goal. “What we want is knowing that when we have all the squad, we have solutions.” Saints boss Russell Martin, who saw his team register a single shot on target in their first top-flight match at home in 15 months, reflected on a game that turned against his side due to their own defensive laxity.