Oliver Glasner a ƙarshe ya ba motsinsa ya 'yanci a ranar Asabar — yana gudu a gefen filin City Ground don murnar da 'yan wasansa bayan Nottingham Forest suka murkushe Manchester City 3-1, a sakamakon da zai iya canza yanayin dukkan kakarsu ta Premier League.

«Ina tsammani ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kididdigan gudu na,» Glasner ya yi barkwanci a BBC Match of the Day. «Gajiya zan yi gobe amma ina iya saboda lokacin hutu na ƙungiyoyin ƙasa ya zo don haka zan huta.»

Nasara da aka gina kan tsananin kariya

Wannan nasara ta farko ce ta Forest a gida a gasar kakar wasannan, kuma ta zo ta hanyar da ta sa ma kocin su ya yi mamakin. Forest sun yi lokaci mai tsawo ba tare da ƙwallon ba, duk da haka sun bayar da ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kyankyashinsu na haɗin kai a wannan gasar.

«Ta hanyar yadda muke buga ƙwallon ƙafa, ina tsammani mun yi wasanni mafi kyau da yawa,» Glasner ya yarda, «amma yadda muka kare, da wane sha'awa muka kare, da wane hazaka na dabarun ƙarfafawa muka kare, yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wasannanmu.»

Ƙididdigar kafin fara wasa ta ba da labari mai ban tsoro. Duk da harbe-harbe 152 a Premier League — jimla ta biyu mafi girma a gasar — Forest sun ci ƙwallaye shida kawai, mafi ƙarancin kowace ƙungiya. Ƙimar canjin su ta tsaya a kashi 4 cikin ɗari kawai, kuma raunin buri da ake tsammani na -8.3 shi ne mafi munin a gasar. Sun kuma ɗauki babban gibin tsakanin jimlar maki na ainihi shida da jimla da ake tsammani ta 15.49.

A ƙarshen wasa, Forest sun zura ƙwallaye fiye da yawa a kan City a cikin sa'o'i kaɗan fiye da yadda suka yi a wasanninsu shida na baya a gida a gasar haɗe haɗe.

Delap ya fita fili a City Ground

Liam Delap shi ne mutumin fagen, ya zura ƙwallaye biyu don kawo ƙarshen wani lokaci mai wahala na wasansa. Dan wasan, wanda ya shafe shekaru goma a makarantar Manchester City kafin ya tafi Ipswich a shekara ta 2019, ya samu ƙwallon ɗaya kawai a cikin fitarwarsa takwas na farko na Forest bayan ƙauracewa ta £50 miliyan daga Chelsea, inda kwarin gwiwarsa ya lalace bayan kaɗan wasa mai kyau ɗaya a Portman Road.

A kan City, Delap ya kai hari kan masu tsaro da tsananinsa da ƙarfin jiki, ya canza biyu daga ƙoƙarinsa uku — ƙimar canjin kashi 67 cikin ɗari, wanda ya tsaya a tsanake ga kashi 4 da ya samu a wasanninsa takwas na farko.

«Lokacin da ka shigo da farashi a bayanka kowa yana tsammanin idan ka biya haka, dole ya ci duk ƙwallaye,» Glasner ya ce. «Ya yi kyakkyawar kakar wasa ɗaya a Ipswich sannan ya rasa yawan kwarin gwiwa a Chelsea, don haka yanzu yana ƙara ƙara samun daidaitonsa.»

Delap da kansa ya kasance a ƙasa da wannan martani. «A matsayin maharin shi ne mafi muhimmancin abu — abu ɗaya kawai da ake yanke maka hukunci akan sa. Zaka iya buga ƙwallon ƙafa sosai ba tare da ci ba. Yana da daɗi sosai a ci. Dole na ci gaba da yin aiki da ingantawa amma yau ina farin ciki.»

Tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Liverpool Danny Murphy ya bayyana wannan rana a matsayin «babban lokaci a kakar wasa» ga kulob din, yana ƙara cewa Glasner ya kasance «ba sa'a» dangane da maki da suka samu idan aka kwatanta da ayyukan da suka bayar. Murphy ya kuma hasashe cewa Delap — ɗan tsohon mai tsaro na Derby, Southampton, da Stoke, Rory Delap — zai zama «babban ɗan wasa sosai» ga Forest idan zai iya kasancewa lafiya kuma ya gina wannan kwarin gwiwa da aka samu.

Jair Cunha ya bude ƙwallon kafin biyu na Delap su rufe nasara, tare da bukukuwan Glasner na tsananin a gefen filin suna nuna sako-sako cikin turmi da ya kasance yana tara duk kakar wasan. Ga Forest, tambaya yanzu ita ce ko ranar Asabar ta wakilci juyin ainihi — ko kuma cikakken keɓancewa ne na ɗaukaka.