Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi passionately encouraged Reds fans to get behind Forest as they maintain a push for promotion.<\/p>\n
The Forest boss passionately called for his side’s supporters to back him after a frustrating 1-1 draw with Reading on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Forest had dominated most of the proceedings in the first half but were unable to open the scoring.<\/p>\n
It took until the 80th minute for the deadlock to be broken; Lewis Grabban sliding the ball over the line after Sammy Ameobi’s initial effort went wayward.<\/p>\n
The Royals responded quickly though and levelled three minutes later through substitute Sam Baldock.<\/p>\n
Speaking afterwards, Lamouchi said to BBC Nottingham: “I am so proud about the way we play. We try to control the game and we did the hardest thing, to score.<\/p>\n
“I felt the stadium is disappointed, the dressing room is disappointed, the players are disappointed. We have 18 games to play, the Championship is so tough, so long, so difficult.<\/p>\n
“It is a very good point against a very good team, very organised. They create a lot of problems, they didn\u2019t give us too much space but we score in a good time \u2013 unfortunately, they scored in a wrong time for us.<\/p>\n
“My players deserved the victory today because we controlled the game, we tried more but unfortunately, it was not enough \u2013 it was our mistake [for the goal] but we keep going. We have a lot of games to play.”<\/p>\n
On whether the result has hampered Forest’s chances of maintaining a push for promotion, Lamouchi added: “I saw them at the end of the game so disappointed. I spoke to them and said \u2018you cannot be like that\u2019.<\/p>\n
“After Millwall, yes; after Sheffield Wednesday, yes; after Cardiff and Middlesbrough, yes. But not tonight.<\/p>\n
“But also, for the fans \u2013 with a victory it was not done. We have 18 games to play, we need the full support and tonight it was so good, so great atmosphere.<\/p>\n
“We need them until the end.<\/p>\n
“We need to trust in ourselves and work hard like they are doing. We cannot give up. The performance tonight was very positive for me.”<\/p>\n
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