Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo reflects on the match against Chelsea an his hopes Nottingham Forest aren't forced to move from the City ground
City Ground, Nottingham, UK
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00:00 Yes, of course, of course. We are disappointed to lose the game, to not have been able to
00:06 give what we wanted to our fans, to the city ground. That was a victory. Especially that,
00:14 especially that is what frustrates us and disappoints us the most.
00:17 It's unlikely that you're going to go down now, but do you feel that you have to celebrate next week rather than this week?
00:29 Yeah, because it's not over. I think it's not over. It's virtually. But maybe I'm the only person that I've seen too many things in football to allow our players to relax.
00:37 We're going to prepare properly for the next one, to finish the season on a high, a season that has been so hard on all of us as a club.
00:47 What's it been like for you to play against the players you played?
00:54 I think with the results coming, our task was tough, mainly because of the opponent that we had in front of us.
01:02 But that is a quality and a very good opponent. Chelsea is a very good team.
01:07 But the same pressure that we always have, the advantage that was in our hands to dictate and finish the job that we wanted to finish,
01:17 that's our main goal to stay in the Premier League. So the first half was hard.
01:23 We allowed Chelsea in the first moment to score, but we reacted immediately and we started the second half so good.
01:29 We created so many chances, so good chances to score.
01:34 And then we switched off in two minutes, the game went away. So a lot of lessons that we should learn.
01:41 The atmosphere today was incredible.
01:44 Did you make the assumption that the club might have to at least consider a Plan B moving away from the city ground?
01:50 I hope it doesn't. It will never be the same. I hope it doesn't.
01:56 The city ground is so special. If they ask me, please don't. Please don't, City Council, please don't. Let us be here.
02:06 That's the last thing you need, another Baptist and another B.
02:09 No, we are...
02:11 After the Premier League, the referees and the local council.
02:14 We don't want that. We don't want that. We want peace. We don't want too much noise. Let us be.
02:22 You talked about concentration before and players not staying in the switched off. Was that what caused you today?
02:29 I think so. I think so. After so many chances and we scored, everybody and then bad defending, 3 v 1, too much space.
02:40 We cannot allow such quality players so much space to decide. Everything has to be more aggressive.
02:49 I think not only today but through the season, this is happening to us.
02:55 It's very hard. It's very hard to bounce back and then not manage the game properly.
03:01 How do you fix it?
03:03 A lot of work. We need time to work.
03:11 I don't see other solutions. Work, work, work, work. That's the only solution that problems have.
03:20 It's okay. Thank you.