{"id":543523,"date":"2020-02-11T18:34:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=543523"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:34:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:34:21","slug":"sabri-lamouchi-takes-responsibility-for-nottingham-forest-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/02\/11\/sabri-lamouchi-takes-responsibility-for-nottingham-forest-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabri Lamouchi Takes Responsibility For Nottingham Forest Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi accepted full responsibility after his side lost 1-0 at home to Charlton Athletic.<\/p>\n<h2>Sabri Lamouchi Takes Responsibility For Nottingham Forest Defeat<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8216;The Best Team Won&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>The Frenchman took full responsibility after his side fell to a narrow defeat to the Addicks.<\/p>\n<p>Lamouchi made five changes to the side that beat Leeds United on Saturday as he opted to rest a number of players ahead of this weekend&#8217;s trip to West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>A number of changes were forced through injury, but Lamouchi accepted full responsibility for the defeat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Grabban didn\u2019t play because he had a problem in his knee, like Samba Sow and Sammy Ameobi.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamforest.co.uk\/news\/2020\/february\/nottingham-forest-head-coach-sabri-lamouchi-post-charlton-athletic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> the Reds boss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For Cashy and Yuri, it was a mistake not to keep the dynamic and tonight it was absolutely different to three days ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was no rhythm, no fight and not the same spirit. There were a lot of mistakes against five defenders who played so well. The best team won tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Forest missed the opportunity to move into the top two in the Championship following Lyle Taylor&#8217;s goal.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts barely threatened during the first half, coming closest shortly after Taylor&#8217;s strike when Naby Sarr deflected Carl Jenkinson&#8217;s shot onto the crossbar.<\/p>\n<p>Forest&#8217;s chances came more regularly in the second half but they continued to threaten only rarely.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Matty Cash came closest with a diving header that flew into the side netting, although the assistant referee had his flag raised for offside anyhow.<\/p>\n<p>Lamouchi said: &#8220;It was a different night, a different atmosphere, a different result, a different performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We made a lot of mistakes with some changes but the best team won.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was one chance in the first half, we gave them the chance to score and they scored.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After that, they controlled the game and if we would have played for two or three hours, we wouldn\u2019t have created a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a wrong night, a bad performance, and probably my mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Next up for Forest is a trip to Championship leaders West Brom on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tYEXZeVmTGdtvmXGqRI_9A\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1205589887\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'tYEXZeVmTGdtvmXGqRI_9A',sig:'dPHCL4Wopbv9Gw1KItZdiCoL4JjMWY9iucxGTmQIJOk=',w:'594px',h:'413px',items:'1205589887',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi accepted full responsibility after his side lost 1-0 at home to Charlton Athletic. 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