Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has taken "full responsibility" for defeat to Nottingham Forest - as he clings onto his job at Elland Road.
The American coach oversaw his team as they lost 1-0 to Forest at the City Ground on Sunday, with Brennan Johnson scoring the only goal of the game. The result leaves Leeds above the relegation zone by just four goals.
Speaking after the match, Marsch took responsibility for the result but also said Steve Cooper had to make so many tactical adjustments because Forest were "having trouble" dealing with his team.
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"They altered their tactics a few times in the match because I think they were having trouble dealing with us," Marsch said of Forest. "They, in the second half, defended deep which is always difficult to break an opponent down and then we didn't have enough connection tactically with how we wanted to break them down. And then the game stalled, stalled for major parts of the secondary."
Giving his views on the match as a whole, he said: "I would say we had a really good start to the match, created some chances and a really good first half where we limit them almost entirely and then we go 0-1.
"Then yeah I think with our desire to try to get back in the match we lost a little bit of our discipline and then we didn't have the effect that we wanted to have in the second half and the guys off the bench, I don't think we're able to bring enough into the match.
"I want to just say that I take full responsibility. I have to find a way to turn good performances more into winning because that's exactly where we are and where we've been for a little while. That's the last step for the potential of what we need to build here."
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