Boss Steve Cooper hailed the City Ground crowd for serving to to drag Nottingham Forest over the road in a dramatic 4-3 victory over Southampton.
The Reds climbed out of the underside three and moved up to 16th as they claimed three factors in opposition to their relegation rivals amid an unbelievable environment Trentside. With three video games left to play, they’re three factors away from the drop zone and have their destiny in their very own palms.
It wasn’t simple in opposition to the Saints, although. Taiwo Awoniyi bagged a brace, Morgan Gibbs-White scored from the penalty spot and Danilo continued his red-hot streak, however Forest have been hanging on at instances.
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“Now is probably not the time to really pick the bones out of the game, because there was so much that went on. The most important thing was the win,” Cooper mentioned.
“We confirmed nice high quality with the objectives we scored. The first purpose, specifically, was a few of our technical, attacking, athletic gamers taking part in at their best possible on that quick assault.
“I’m actually happy with a number of the attacking play and the objectives. We didn’t cowl ourselves in glory with the objectives we conceded. You can all the time say that a couple of purpose conceded, however really, there was issues the place you’re going, ‘come on’.
“But what I like is that every thing that occurred, good or unhealthy, within the sport, we stayed on process. We stayed targeted.
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“I feel it’s actually necessary to keep within the second and never get too pissed off when you make a mistake. If you do one thing good, work arduous to do it once more.
“With all of that, you just saw an incredible togetherness between the lads. We’re so lucky to play in front of these supporters as well. They don’t half drag us over the line when we need them. I’m just so glad they leave happy with the three points.”
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