Arnaud Kalimuendo’s second-half opener for Forest was cancelled out by Utrecht substitute Mike van der Hoorn before Jesus stepped off the bench to fire the visitors’ late winner.

Forest bounced back from last weekend’s disappointing defeat at Everton to secure their third win in this season’s competition – their first on the road – and move on to 11 points after six matches.

Murillo, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Douglas Luiz returned from injury as Sean Dyche made nine changes from Saturday’s 3-0 loss and his re-jigged side made an impressive start to the first competitive meeting between the two teams.

Callum Hudson-Odoi forced Utrecht goalkeeper Vasilios Barkas into a low save and Zinchenko wasted a golden chance in the 11th minute when he fired wide following Dan Ndoye’s neat flick inside

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