Nottingham Forest 2-0 Porto: Morgan Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus penalties gives Sean Dyche opening win

Of the Nottingham Forest squad, only Sels and Willy Boly had been born the last time the club won a European game.

Their last European victory game in November 1995 when they beat Lyon 1-0 in the Uefa Cup third round first leg, en route to a quarter-final loss to Bayern Munich.

Three days before the Lyon win, Chesterfield – where Dyche was playing – were on the other side of the Trent losing 4-1 at Notts County in the old Division Three.

Those games were a long time ago and Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by Chelsea – which ended Postecoglou’s brief reign – also feels like a different time.

Forest’s first win since the opening day came from grit, determination and hard work rather than any free-flowing football, with the City Ground rocking – instead of resigned and restless.

But as Dyche himself put it in his opening news conference on Wednesday “the bit I like is when you win”, citing style does not necessarily matter in a results business.

Penalties from Gibbs-White and Jesus ensured the new manager got that feeling against the Primeira Liga leaders, who struggled to break down Forest’s stubborn defence, as the hosts look to stabilise after their tumultuous few weeks.