Ryan Yates has become a fan favourite at Nottingham Forest, and his reaction to the Gary Neville chants will only add to his appeal.
Nottingham Forest enjoyed a fantastic day at the King Power Stadium on Friday, securing three points in the East Midlands derby.
Chris Wood was once again the hero of the show, scoring twice to take him closer to Erling Haaland and Bryan Roy in the Forest goalscoring records.
Alan Shearer even came out to congratulate Wood on his performance and start to the season, claiming that he is in ‘form of his life’ at the City Ground.
Ryan Yates, on the other hand, has been equally crucial this season, and he gave a beautiful post-game interview to Sky Sports.
Ryan Yates reacts to Nottingham Forest fans’ shouts concerning Gary Neville.
Gary Neville can be a bit of a villain in the punditry scene at times, but he always makes me chuckle.
Interestingly, Neville is becoming a bit of a Nottingham Forest fangirl, projecting at least a top half finish for the Reds following their great start to the season.
However, fans mocked him at the King Power Stadium on Friday night, breaking into song about the former Manchester United defender.
We can’t provide specific phrases, but it went something like ‘Gary Neville is a…’.
Ryan Yates found this humorous, as he debated Neville on Sky Sports.
Jamie Carragher questioned Yates.
“Who’s more popular, him (Neville) or me” .
Yates replied.
Oh, Gary. Did you hear what they were saying there?
All while chuckling and pointing to the away section.
Gary Neville’s congratulations to Nottingham Forest
Interestingly, Gary Neville recently cited Nottingham Forest as an example to interrogate Howard Webb about a handball regulation that requires defenders to tuck their arms under their bodies.
It’s encouraging to see analysts criticizing Webb and VAR, especially given the problems that Forest fans have already had this season.
However, Neville failed to please many Nottingham Forest fans with his appraisal of PSR earlier this year, when he came out to talk on the Manchester United issue but remained silent while the Reds were dealing with their problems.
