Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo admits Fulham are a tough opponent to face after Forest suffered a 2-1 defeat on Saturday.
Forest struggled to deal with balls into the box, with Emile Smith Rowe and Calvin Bassey heading in either side of a Chris Wood equaliser. The visitors looked better when they switched to their more familiar 4-2-3-1 shape at 2-1 down, but they were unable to level for a second time.
“It was a difficult game. First half, Fulham caused us a lot of problems. They were in control of the game and we came back with a goal from Chris (Wood) which he scored himself. “
We started well in the second half but we เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย started losing one-on-ones and allowed too many set-pieces and caused problems.”
The Portuguese also spoke about switching to a four-man defence in the second half.
“We have to watch the game, we have to realise that the change gives us more width, more things that we are used to but at the same time, there are no touches in the box or crosses. “
We rushed a little bit, there are a lot of things I would do differently but now it’s about looking at the game and preparing for the next game.”
Despite remaining third in the table, Forest’s defeat means they are now six points behind Arsenal and three behind City.