Nuno on a wild draw against Chelsea with 9 men

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Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santos on a wild draw against Chelsea with 9 men  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.

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