Steve Cooper dedicated Nottingham Forest's win over West Ham United to supporters who were unable to be at the City Ground today.
Taiwo Awoniyi got the only goal and Dean Henderson saved a Declan Rice penalty as the Reds beat David Moyes' side 1-0 to pick up their first Premier League points of the season.
West Ham had a goal ruled out and twice hit the bar, while Forest also had a goal ruled out for offisde. Forest boss Cooper felt his side deserved the points as he was left delighted for supporters in the stadium and those who could not get a ticket.
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"We were never going to say it's just the first home, it was more than that. You could see since we got promoted everyone was waiting for this game. We knew it was very important," he said.
"I spoke to the players and said that we had probably three generations of supporters here today. We had people here who remember the real glory days, a new generation whose first Premier League game this was and the ones in between.
"We had to represent all those groups. What I would like to do is dedicate the game to all the supporters who couldn't get a ticket today. We could have quadrupled the amount of people in the stadium today and those here got us through today.
"First half we were much the better team. We took the game to West Ham. There was the occasion and the match. We had to deal with both. I was so happy with our attitude and confidence.
"The atmosphere was amazing and we played really well first half. Maybe we should have created more with the positions we got in and set pieces. They had moments on breakaways and turnovers. We could have been more streetwise with one or two things and we'll have to learn.
"Taiwo deserved his goal and he was a real handful today. The plan wasn't to sit off and see out the game but I understand why the team had to play with caution. We had to show different side of the game with heart and soul.
"We needed good defending tactically and technically and in the end we should have scored a couple of set pieces second half. We deserved to win and it's really important that we did."
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