Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santos on a wild draw against Chelsea with 9 men
06/10/2024
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
06/10/2024
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00Are you pleased with that result and the performance of your team today?
00:03I mean, 10 minutes back to Leeds and you came away with a 3.
00:05Are you delighted?
00:06Yeah, I think it was a good game, first of all.
00:09A very good game of football.
00:10Those games that everybody enjoys, for sure.
00:13Like you said, I think it's positive, it's always very hard to come here and play.
00:19It requires a big team effort and the players need that.
00:23Helping each other, competing with each other.
00:26At the same time, I think, first off, we had good possession,
00:29we tried and the second half was a crazy game.
00:33Goalkeepers making huge saves, we had chances, one man left,
00:37mass confusion, red cards, yellow cards, everything was there.
00:42Yeah, both teams, both teams.
00:44I can recall a big save from Sanchez,
00:49and then the ball goes there,
00:50a big, huge save from Mats to keep us in the game.
00:52In the end, we have another one, they have...
00:56Yeah, yeah, it was a good game.
00:58It was, I think, including yourself, there were 11 yellow cards.
01:02Yeah.
01:02Did you think it was a dirty game?
01:06Look, I cannot judge the yellow card, for example,
01:10the yellow card for James Prowse.
01:12There's no way, he did it for the team,
01:15because it was 1v1, so he did it for the team.
01:18What I'm trying to tell at the same time is,
01:22please, the referees, understand that we that are there,
01:25on the touchline, on the pitch, it's very emotional, very emotional.
01:29There are so many things happening,
01:32so many thoughts, so many circumstances,
01:35that it's very hard, very hard to keep our emotions together.
01:39I must apologise for my behaviour,
01:41but I didn't do nothing that another manager would do.
01:44It's raise your arm, OK, it's a small issue that you want to discuss,
01:48and immediately come on a yellow card.
01:51And then, instead of coming down, you come and all these things.
01:55I don't know too many yellow cards.
01:58I must analyse each one of them to make the proper judgement.
02:05What you made of the incident at the end,
02:07where Williams pushed Kukurela, Enzo went flying,
02:12and then a huge fight.
02:14I was there also.
02:16I was there.
02:19You still got in?
02:20No, no, I went there to try and calm down.
02:24I went there to try and calm down.
02:27That's what I said to you before in the previous answer.
02:32It's very hard for the players to control their emotions.
02:36Very hard for us as managers to control our emotions.
02:38Try to put the other way around yourselves
02:42that are here in the same circumstances.
02:44There's so many responsibilities inside of each one of our jobs
02:47that please the referees to understand it.
02:50Sorry, just very briefly, just on James Ward-Kraus,
02:53you said there he took two for the team,
02:55because the foul on Parma, I think it was in the first half,
02:58was to stop him breaking through.
02:59The second time it was Jackson.
03:02The second time was different.
03:05James is a very experienced player,
03:06he felt it that he had to grab the ball
03:09because a Chelsea player was going 1v1
03:11and then the game would be very hard for us,
03:14so he took it for the team.
03:16You have the best defensive wrestler in the Premier League,
03:18I have to say, in Manchester.
03:20What do you put that down to?
03:21Are you evolving a little bit?
03:26Since the end of last season,
03:27and the commitment from the first season that we had
03:30was to improve on that aspect.
03:32There's no other way to play football in the Premier League
03:34if you are not solid and compact and strong in defence.
03:37So the team is doing well on that aspect,
03:42basically because of the hard work of the players,
03:44the resilience to put their bodies in front of the ball,
03:47to compensate, to help to be on defensively.
03:50And we have to continue,
03:52we cannot ever ignore the quality of our opponents
03:55and realise that we have to defend.
04:10We are trying, mate.
04:11We are trying so hard to be that one that you say.
04:14Of course, I'm most happy,
04:16and now it's a good point for us to go away from home.
04:19We went away from Chelsea, a tough team,
04:21a very good team of football,
04:22and they're doing an amazing job,
04:24the way they play, the possession, the lines.
04:26And then, OK, you go to international break in a positive way,
04:30try to maintain what you are doing well,
04:32but at the same time trying to correct the mistakes
04:34and become a stronger team.
04:36We have to become a better team,
04:38there are so many things that we have to improve on,
04:40and we are working very hard,
04:42and the players are committed to it.
04:44We just have to keep on going, because it's a very long season.
04:52Huge, he kept us on the game, he made fantastic saves.
04:57Sanchez also made saves, so...
05:01Very well, very well.
05:02And today, to go away with something,
05:05it's because Mats did really well for us.
05:09Yeah, we are worried about our players,
05:11we are worried about, he's going to be assessed,
05:14he's going to be on a scan tomorrow,
05:16hopefully he's nothing, he can join England's squad.
05:18This is what is important, that he's nothing serious,
05:22he can join and play, and then we need him.
05:26We need him, so hopefully he's nothing serious, we're going to see.
05:28Was it an ankle problem, is that right?
05:29No, he was in the park, yeah, it was an ankle problem.
05:35Thank you very much.
05:36Thank you, sir.