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Premier League | Gameweek 9
Oct 3, 2022 at 8pm UK
King Power Stadium
NF

Leicester
4 - 0
Nott'm Forest

Maddison (25', 35'), Barnes (27'), Daka (73')
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FT(HT: 3-0)

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Steve Cooper: 'Nottingham Forest players lacked tactical nous in Leicester City defeat'

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Head coach Steve Cooper feels that his Nottingham Forest were 'lacking tactically' during their 4-0 defeat to East Midlands rivals Leicester City on Monday night.
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Head coach Steve Cooper has blamed a lack of tactical nous as the reason for Nottingham Forest's 4-0 defeat at the hands of East Midlands rivals Leicester City on Monday evening.

Having collected four points from their opening three fixtures back in the top flight, Forest appeared on an upward trajectory after promotion from the Championship.

However, their capitulation at the King Power Stadium represented their fifth defeat in succession, with 18 goals being conceded in the process.

Forest shipped three times in 10 first-half minutes, each of those efforts coming from outside of the area after Taiwo Awoniyi had struck the post for the visitors.

James Maddison netted twice, the second being a free kick from 25 yards, while Harvey Barnes and Patson Daka also got on the scoresheet.

While Cooper was critical of his side's performance during the first half, the Welshman feels that Forest can only improve as the season progresses after the mass arrival of new players during the summer transfer window.

Speaking to BBC Sport, Cooper said: "It is another disappointing result, there's no doubt. We weren't good enough tactically in the first half. We came with a plan and we were nowhere near good enough in the duels which was disappointing.

"We should have gone 1-0 up, we had the chance of the game up until that point. But we are not getting good results at critical moments and again we had a spell that took the game away from us.

"Without sounding too soft it is really difficult to be too critical of the group because it is a completely new group and we are finding out about ourselves, the job.

"The players never gave up. I'm not questioning their effort or work rate. There were times where I felt we could have been more competitive but I'm not looking at these lads and thinking they don't care. They are just a really fresh group trying to come together."

Now sitting bottom of the table, Cooper is likely to come under further pressure to retain his job at the City Ground ahead of two more important matches.

Forest play host to Aston Villa, currently in 14th position, in their next outing before they square off against fellow strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool16123137162139
2Chelsea17105237191835
3Arsenal1796234161833
4Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest179442319431
5Bournemouth178452721628
6Aston Villa178452626028
7Manchester CityMan City178362925427
8Newcastle UnitedNewcastle177552721626
9Fulham176742422225
10Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton176742726125
11Tottenham HotspurSpurs1772839251423
12Brentford177283232023
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd176472122-122
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham175572230-820
15Everton163761421-716
16Crystal Palace173771826-816
17Leicester CityLeicester173592137-1614
18Wolverhampton WanderersWolves1733112740-1312
19Ipswich TownIpswich172691632-1612
20Southampton1713131136-256
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