Manager adored by Marinakis delivers scathing attack on Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest were beaten 1-0 by Fulham as the unbeaten record came crashing to a halt at the City Ground.

The Reds couldn’t edge into the top six by claiming three points and once again the officials were the main talking point.

Murillo was guilty of giving a penalty away and Raul Jimenez stepped up to score his 50th Premier League goal and give Fulham a huge win.

Brian Laws felt the decision against Forest was a bit harsh, whilst Richard Keys shared sympathy with Forest too.

Forest have been unable to claim another win since beating Liverpool but it has to be said that it’s still a decent start to the campaign for the Reds.

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Marco Silva takes swipe at Forest after win for Fulham

There was a story after Steve Cooper was sacked in December that a dream appointment for Evangelos Marinakis would be Fulham boss Marco Silva.

The Portuguese boss has won a league title with Olympiacos before and enjoys a strong relationship with Marinakis.

However, his comments after yesterday’s game seemed to take a little swipe at Forest and he felt his Fulham team were comfortable.

He said in his post-match press conference: “I don’t remember a big chance for them (Forest). Only one in the first half from Awoniyi. Nothing special from Bernd Leno too which shows the way we kept our organisation.”

Silva comments harsh but Forest were poor

Notoriously, Forest don’t do well in the fixtures with Fulham and the successes in recent years have been few and far between.

The only real chance of note came towards the end when Jota Silva tested Leno from distance but it was a routine save for the goalkeeper.

Chris Wood had the ball over the line in the first half but the offside flag had already been raised much to the dismay of Forest.

Awoniyi’s effort that Silva mentions was more speculative but the replays did show that it was closer than it perhaps seemed at the time in the stadium.

However, Silva’s comments are perhaps a little bit harsh considering his team needed a pretty soft penalty to win the contest.

Fine, Leno didn’t have a save to make but then neither did Matz Sels to be brutally honest.

Forest have to take this one on the chin and attempt to come back stronger next week at Chelsea.