Nottingham Forest’s loaned out talent Virgil Gomis thrives in local derby

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Nottingham Forest fans might have been taking a closer look at a League Two game than usual this weekend. Local rivals Notts County were taking on Mansfield Town at Meadow Lane. The home side are fighting desperately against relegation from the Football League. Meanwhile, Mansfield are looking for promotion.

Tyler Walker would have been the player Forest fans looked out for. The City Ground loanee has scored 20 goals in 38 games this season for the Stags.

However, it was the Nottingham Forest loanee up front for County that caught the eye.

Virgil Gomis joined Forest’s Trentside rivals on transfer deadline day, on loan until the end of the season.

The 19-year-old forward has been impressing with the Forest youth teams for a number of months and will be hoping to have a big impact in League Two, to hopefully impress Martin O’Neill and co back at the City Ground.

He certainly did at the weekend. Notts County won the game 1-0, with Gomis setting up the winning strike.

His pace and power proved a problem throughout the clash and Nottingham Forest fans will have been impressed by what they saw.

If you had to guess which striker had 20 goals this season, Gomis would have got the nod over Walker based on this performance.