Raul Jimenez's effort from the penalty spot handed Nottingham Forest their first defeat of the Premier League season.
It was a scrappy first half of action at the City Ground, and that played right into the hands of the hosts, who had brought in the physical presence of Taiwo Awoniyi in favour of more technical players such as Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Chris Wood thought he had given his side the lead in the 25th minute, after latching onto Murillo's header, but saw his effort disallowed after straying offside at the back-post.
Marco Silva's team talk had an instant impact on his players, who looked rejuvenated after the break and quickly made their promising start count from the penalty spot.
Andreas Pereira went down after being caught by Murillo in the area and following a lengthy VAR review, Raul Jimenez stepped up to make it four goals in his last four starts across all competitions.
The game proceeded to open up at both ends of the pitch, as Forest went in search of an equaliser but left themselves susceptible on the counter-attack in the process.
Substitutes Anthony Elanga, Hudson-Odoi and Jota Silva sparked the Reds into life but they were left constantly frustrated by the stoic defensive performance from their west London opponents.
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