Boss Steve Cooper says Nottingham Forest must take “heart” from pushing Bournemouth all the way in the race for second spot.
And he has urged his Reds players to bounce back from missing out on automatic promotion by aiming to join the Cherries in the top-flight via the play-offs. That is where Cooper’s attention will turn to now.
Falling 1-0 at the Vitality Stadium ended Forest’s hopes of going up to the top-flight automatically, with the three points getting Bournemouth over the line. Kieffer Moore’s second half goal proved to be the difference between the two sides, on a night when refereeing decisions also went against the visitors.
