'Immediately': Nuno shares what Nottingham Forest will do in training this week, he's seriously worried

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Nuno Espirito Santo was forced to watch on from the touchline as his Nottingham Forest charges shipped three goals for the second successive game.

The Reds were defeated 3-1 by Newcastle prior to the international break and once again they were breached three times by a rampant Arsenal outfit.

Buakyo Saka, Thomas Partey and Ethan Nwaneri consigned Forest to a first away defeat of the campaign at the Emirates Stadium – with Espirito Santo less than impressed.

Several changes were made for Saturday’s game but several players didn’t cover themselves in glory after receiving opportunities. Forest fans felt James Ward-Prowse looked miles off it against the Gunners.

With a really big game on the horizon against Ipswich Town, Forest will have to get back at it pretty quickly, and Espirito Santo will have the players working hard starting today.

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Nuno Espirito Santo shares what Forest will be doing in training this week

The Forest head coach is a meticulous operator and he will hope to put things right after the last two fixtures.

Arsenal didn’t have to work too hard to turn Forest over and ultimately that has left Espirito Santo deeply concerned.

Defensively, Forest were pretty all over the place against Arsenal and Espirito Santo has shared that the training this week will be rather defence-based.

He told Nottinghamshire Live: “We did a lot of bad things. We came up short in all aspects of the game. Offensively we were short and defensively we have to recognise we have conceded six goals in two games, so should be worried.

“We have to put it right immediately this week. We have to get back to being compact, solid and not giving too much time to individual players with such quality.”

Morato will now be pushing for first Forest start

Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo have struck up a great partnership but after leaking goals for fun, Forest might be considering reverting to three centre-backs.

That will see a window of opportunity for Morato to come into the team and the Brazilian has really been pushing for a start.

He’s still never been on the pitch when Forest have been conceded a goal and perhaps the time is getting close to handing him a maiden start.

Forest have a squad brimming with competition for places right now and given that three goals have been conceded in two consecutive games, Espirito Santo has some decisions to make.