West Ham United are seven factors from security after a late Morgan Gibbs-White penalty – awarded by VAR – despatched Nottingham Forest to a 2-1 win.
In what was being billed as a ‘relegation cup remaining’, West Ham in a tremendous place after Murillo’s personal purpose and Cysensio Summerville’s strike halfway by means of the second half.
Nonetheless, that Summerville purpose was chalked off by VAR for an offside on new signing Valentín Castellanos and simply 4 minutes later Forest equalised by means of Nicolas Dominguez in what was an enormous swing.
VAR then stepped in to award Forest a penalty 4 minutes from time when Alphonse Areola caught Gibbs-White within the face making an attempt to punch clear a set-piece.
Nuno Espirito Santo was developing towards Forest for the primary time since was sacked in September after his relationship with proprietor Evangelos Marinakis had damaged down and is going through big scrutiny as West Ham boss having misplaced 5 of their final six video games.
Nuno mentioned: “There is a massive hole, but it surely’s not over. We maintain believing. We’d like a very good run.
“It isn’t over. There’s a number of soccer to be performed.
“It’s a seven points gap. Everybody naturally will rule us out. But we don’t allow this feeling to go inside the dressing room.”
When requested about his future as West Ham boss, he replied: “It’s not about me now. It’s not about me. It’s about how we react.”
For present Forest boss Sean Dyche it was a welcome three factors after a run of 4 straight defeats.
Gibbs-White: I received whacked in face, I could not breathe
Nottingham Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White chatting with Sky Sports activities on the penalty:
“I got whacked in the face. I didn’t have a clue what was going on. Couldn’t breathe. I’d just come to my senses when he said it was a penalty so there was no doubt in my mind I wanted to take it.
“I used to be practising it yesterday. It was type of a security one.”
Soucek: Penalty resolution a joke – it is like basketball
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West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek was left dissatisfied after the Hammers conceded a late penalty through VAR towards Nottingham Forest that noticed the London facet lose 2-1.
West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek chatting with Sky Sports activities:
“It’s a joke. I just saw it and we would have 20 penalties a game if it’s like that. I came to the Premier League because I thought it was the toughest league in the world. We are all fighters, warriors but this looks more like basketball, you can’t touch the player.”
Nuno: We’ll carry on combating – it is not over but
Nuno Espirito Santo has vowed he’ll carry on believing that West Ham can keep away from relegation.
“I’ll keep on going, keep believing, keep working with the boys to realise this is part of the game sometimes,” he advised Sky Sports activities.
“You have good moments, sometimes you have bad moments, but we have to be resilient enough to understand the situation. I’ll make sure my boys believe it also.”
Requested what his message to his gamers and followers was, Nuno mentioned: “Keep believing, keep sticking together. It’s not over yet. We’ll keep on going.
“It is exhausting to ask [the fans] for something. It is exhausting to clarify. We perceive their frustration, unhappiness, and we’re all the identical.
“What can we say? Keep helping us. Today they showed when the team gives, they give back the support that we need. The boys showed we are here to keep fighting.”
And on whether or not he anticipated assist from the West Ham board, he mentioned: “Of course, we have to be in this together.”
Dyche: It might’t at all times be stunning soccer
Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche mentioned:
“I was delighted with the result. There was a lot of noise around the game, understandably so. It’s about finding a way to win.
“We have clearly performed higher since I have been within the membership, however at present wasn’t about that. At present was a few successful mentality and I assumed we deserved it ultimately. It’s totally pleasing in regards to the mentality of the gamers and the path we need to head in, as a result of it could actually’t at all times be stunning.
“You’ve got to sometimes find different ways of winning. I think we’ve done that tonight.”
