Graham Alexander's brace gave Burnley their first victory of the Championship season at Nottm Forest.
Clarets up and running after City Ground success
Graham Alexander's brace gave Burnley their first victory of the Championship season with a 2-1 success at Nottm Forest.
Rob Earnshaw cancelled out Alexander's opener shortly after half-time, but the Burnley man's second from the penalty spot clinched the win.
Burnley carved out the first real opportunity in the opening stages when Kevin McDonald's strike was diverted wide by the outstretched leg of Forest defender James Perch.
Lee Martin fired harmlessly wide for the hosts before Chris McCann's deflected effort momentarily wrong-footed Forest goalkeeper Paul Smith.
Tyson should have broken the deadlock in the 16th minute when he found himself clean through on goal with only Burnley goalkeeper Brian Jensen to beat.
McCann had tried to cushion a header down for Alexander on the edge of the Forest box but a flowing counter-attack finished with Tyson blazing high and wide as the Burnley stopper threw himself at the ball.
Visitors in front
Burnley took the lead in the 25th minute, a free-kick move finishing with Alexander converting from well outside the box.
The defender curled the ball past the Forest wall and beyond the despairing dive of Smith in the Forest goal, who could do little other than watch the ball clip the right-hand post and finish up in the back of the net.
Earnshaw saw his shot from inside the Burnley penalty area parried wide by Jensen as Forest tried but failed to get back on level terms before the break.
The Clarets continued to press hard after the break and initially frustrated the hosts. But Forest did pull level in the 52nd minute when the Burnley back-four failed to react to a Martin Cross.
Equaliser
Caldwell headed the ball onto his own crossbar and when it finally dropped Earnshaw was first to react and poked home the equaliser.
Burnley then tried to put themselves back in front, loading the Forest box with a series of testing crosses.
McCann brought a fine save from Smith following Wade Elliott's cross before the visitors' good spell of pressure was rewarded with a goal.
Owen Coyle's decision to introduce Akinbiyi and Robbie Blake paid dividends when the Clarets front men combined to win a penalty.
Akinbiyi's pass in the direction of Blake was adjudged to have been handled by Forest defender Wes Morgan inside the box.
Alexander then stepped up and despite a delay, managed to keep his cool and slot home the resulting penalty to restore the Clarets' lead.
Akinbiyi had a header parried by Smith and Blake rifled just over as Burnley began to dominate during the closing stages.
