Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche, speaking to Sky Sports: “The killer for us was giving away the goal. We responded somewhat and then they scored a second. I said at half-time we’ve got to rethink. Then we conceded really quickly and the third goal is awful as well. There’s no qualms about the result – they were better than us.
"We've had late changes, which is not perfect. You've got to do the basics and we didn't do them. The goals are awful for our standards. You can't give away chances like that at this level. The mentality was good at the end, we were still pushing, but it would have been getting out of jail. Our performance wasn't there."
On playing against the Elland Road atmosphere: “We all know their form and what you’ve got to do. We’ve dealt with other teams better than we’ve dealt with them. We were turning the game and it’s just such a poor first goal.”
On whether he rues missed chances at 0-0: “That’s the truth of football. It’s ifs and ands after the game. We had two really good chances and didn’t put them away – that can happen. I’m just so frustrated with the goal. The basic principles went out the window.”
On the impact of having to make a late change: “It’s not the perfect scenario when you lose a centre-half late on. All the subs did fine when they came on. There’s positives in the way they reacted and we kept going at the end, but the negatives for me are three awful goals.”
On needing to move on: “It’s always move on quickly. There’s been a lot of good work here and that’s a reminder that if you don’t keep your foot on the gas, you can get hurt at this level.”
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Did you know?
- Nottingham Forest have lost two of their past three Premier League games against newly promoted opponents, more than their previous 15 such games since their promotion in 2022.
- Aged 19 years and 269 days, Zach Abbott became just the third teenager to start a Premier League game for Forest, after Marlon Harewood against West Ham in 1998 and Chris Doig against Coventry City in 1999.
