Dyche under pressure as dismal Nottingham suffer Braga defeat.

By Lehlohonolo Lehana.

Nottingham Forest fell to a 1-0 away defeat to SC Braga, thanks to an unfortunate second-half own goal, leaving The Tricky Trees outside the top eight with a game to play.

Forest were sunk by skipper Ryan Yates’ second-half own goal, which came less than a minute after Morgan Gibbs-White missed a penalty.

The defeat leaves Forest almost certain to go into the play-off round and face two extra fixtures in the thick of an already packed schedule.

They are on 11 points — three adrift of the top eight — but they would need seven teams above them to either lose or drop points.

A miserable night ended in a straight red card for Elliot Anderson in injury time after he appeared to say something to referee Igor Pajac.

It worsens the mood surrounding the club, with disgruntled fans making their feelings clear in a sodden Portugal as the pressure builds on manager Sean Dyche.


Dyche said: ‘We didn’t supply a very good performance, especially for the one minute of madness that cost us. They were frustrated, I’m sure. We all want to do well in this competition.

‘The bigger picture has to be the Premier League but this is a great competition and the club waited a long time to get into it. I made changes and I was waiting for those players to lay down a marker. It was just a slow, methodical performance.

‘There was a lot of expectation this season. Despite two managers and all the different players, they’re still frustrated. It’s going to take time. We haven’t got magic dust. We are working to form a unit and that’s important because of the game schedule. It’s the unit, not just the XI who play in the Premier League.’

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