Nottingham Forests’ World Cup winner Gonzalo Montiel was substituted early in the second half as he struggled to maintain control over Burnley’s new star.
Montiel, who scored match-winning penalties in World Cup and Europa League finals, simply had no answers for the brilliant Luca Koleosho on Monday night.
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Koleosho played a key role in Burnley’s opener, which was scored by Zeki Amdouni, after breaking away from Montiel and past Joe Worrall before pulling back the ball, which fell into the goalscorer’s path.
Koleosho, who turned 19 on September 15, was electric at the City Ground, getting all sorts of joys against the Argentina international.
Montiel received a yellow card in the first half for a late tackle and was sent off in the 52nd minute, with Koleosho overtaking him again after the break.
And the play of the US-born teenager, who joined the Clarets for just £2.6million from Espanyol in the summer, has impressed talkSPORT’s Danny Murphy and Adrian Durham.
“He tormented Montiel in the first half,” Durham said in commentary for talkSPORT at half-time.
“It could be the deal of the century given what we’ve seen in this first half.”
“He grew up in the game, as did Burnley,” Murphy said.
“But what he has is wonderful pace, a willingness to run without the ball into space which is always needed, but not every winger wants to do that. When you have those two attributes you are a problem.
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“He’s happy to go to his left and go inside, it’s a real problem for the full-back.
“He looks completely free, he looks like he’s really enjoying himself.”
Forest hit back in the second half as Callum Hudson-Odoi brilliantly curled the ball in to level the game.
Burnley thought they had won it towards the end through Lyle Foster, but the goal was disallowed following a VAR review, with passer Sander Berge adjudged to have handled the ball earlier in the move.
Foster was then sent off in stoppage time for an elbow on Forest man Adam Yates.
