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Nuno Espirito Santo says that Nottingham Forest’s mixed form is “understandable” ahead of the side’s match against Leicester on Sunday.
Forest spent a large portion of the season in third and fourth in the table but are now down to sixth after losses against Brentford, Everton and Aston Villa.
The dip in form has seen Nuno’s side drop out of the Champions League places with three games to go, but they remain firmly in the mix to secure the top-five finish required to qualify for Europe’s elite club competition. Should they qualify it would be their first appearance in the competition since they won it in 198.
I think it is understandable. It is part of the game and part of life – the ups and the downs. I think we improved against Crystal Palace and now we require improvement against Leicester City.
I take the ‘ifs’ out of my head. I don’t work on ‘ifs’. I actually try to avoid them. Expectations and perceptions of reality mess with your mind.
This is a stressful job but it is also enjoyable, especially when you see the improvement of the players and when the fans are happy. I think we should be proud in these moments and just enjoy it.
Nuno also had an update on Murillo who was forced off in the against Crystal Palace with a hamstring problem.
He has been able to do part of the training sessions. But we still have to assess him tomorrow. He is doing part of the training session, not the full session. Hopefully, for Sunday.
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