Nottingham Forest's poor goalscoring run continued as wasteful finishing contributed to a 2-0 defeat at Brentford – and they were booed off by their own angry fans. "What the f******* hell was that?" sang the away fans as Brentford did not need to be particularly good to overcome Oliver Glasner's side and keep track with the Champions League places. That anger was shared by Glasner himself in his post-match press conference, the head coach acknowledging things must change or Forest will be searching for their sixth manager since the start of last season.
"We have to accept it's not good enough," said the Austrian. "That's why it's for me, now time to change things." Asked what those things are, Glasner replied: "Everywhere. And I feel I could see a few things from day No 1.
I feel now that maybe I made too many compromises in some stuff. It's a clear way, I will tell what we want to do, what we have to do. And if the players buy in, we can have a turnaround.
If not, the sixth manager will come in." Nikola Milenkovic's own goal after good work from Dango Ouattara gave the Bees the lead - but there were no shots on target until the 76th minute, when Igor Thiago doubled the lead via a deflected strike. That was partly due to Forest's poor finishing. They had two golden chances to score, one in each half: James McAtee curled wide from inside the box after being given time and space to get there, before half-time substitute Ryan Yates headed over from four yards out.
Forest remain the lowest scorers in the Premier League this season with only six so far - and they wasted 14 shots before finally getting one on target in the 79th minute, a pea roller from McAtee that Caoimhin Kelleher gratefully collected. Scoring and creating meaningful chances remains a concern for Glasner's Forest, who remain in the bottom three. 4: CHANCE! Mamadou Sangare volleys wide for Brentford after a corner was cleared to his path. 20: ANOTHER!
Thiago is played into a good area but drags a shot wide of goal. 24: HUGE CHANCE! McAtee goes on a solo run into the Brentford penalty area but curls wide from inside the box. 30: GOAL! Ouattara is released from Caoimhin Kelleher's long-range ball and his cross is diverted into the box by Milenkovic. 38: OFF THE BAR!
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