Nottingham Forest are “struggling” says boss Nuno Espirito Santo after their Champions League hopes suffered one other blow with a 2-0 defeat at house to Brentford.
Forest might have moved as much as third within the Premier League with a win however targets from Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa inflicted a dangerous loss, which leaves them sixth.
After their FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester Metropolis, a 3rd league defeat in 4 video games leaves Forest in an actual battle for a top-five end.
Nuno stated: “We don’t see it [pressure] however we really feel it.
“The reason for that we’ve got to seek out in ourselves. However I don’t see (stress), I see perception, need and dedication.
“However the actuality is we’re struggling in some points of our sport – focus and dedication to be sensible and remedy the conditions which might be easy to resolve.
“(To get again to ourselves) is the essential choice we’ve got. We don’t have to vary, we’ve got to return and discover our model.
“It is a unhealthy evening, it is a unhealthy sport” 😳
Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo says they’re upset after their defeat to Brentford 🫤 pic.twitter.com/Ex3hBWUxFm
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“We’ve got been clear and spoken many occasions about how we play. Our primary is being compact and stable, we don’t give away possibilities.
“We’re a group that all the time covers, so our opponents need to do way more to realize what they achieved right this moment. With all respects to Brentford, it was too simple.
“We’ve got been speaking about how we’re as a group and defensively we don’t permit too many conditions.
“We’ve got had numerous clear sheets. That is the essential pillar we’ve got, however right this moment it was the opposite method round.
“We credit score Brentford, however I imagine with a greater strategy we might have solved the conditions.”
Brentford have been worthy victors, stretching their unbeaten run to 4 video games they usually nonetheless have European ambitions of their very own, sitting two factors off eighth, which could possibly be sufficient to safe Europa Convention League motion.
“I feel we have been able the place there’s three groups above us that we have to end above. In order that’s a problem,” boss Thomas Frank stated.
“There’s 4 video games left, we’ve got an opportunity of ending eighth, which might be one of the best place within the membership’s historical past within the Premier League.
“In order that’ll be a incredible achievement, but it surely relies upon the proper run-in and it calls for that we do what we’ve carried out so properly during the last 4 years – laser-like deal with the following sport.
“A few of them are taking part in one of the best soccer of their careers.”
