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  1. 'Some incidents not reviewed'published at 18:53 28 September

    Nottingham Forest's Portuguese manager Nuno Espirito Santo arrives ahead of the English Premier League football match between Nottingham Forest and Fulham at The City GroundImage source, Getty Images

    Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo felt the challenge by Forest defender Murillo on Andreas Pereira which led to a Fulham penalty was "not intentional" but did not want to get drawn further on the subject. He told BBC Match Of The Day: "We will try to avoid speaking about them. The referees need some peace with their work. But I look at the images, and there are incidents in Fulham's box also which were not reviewed. We cannot do anything and hope the referees do their job and improve and allow the players to play football.

    "It's frustrating and disappointing looking back at the game. The first half was not so good. The game was balanced. Unfortunately we conceded in the second half and it became hard. We lost a bit of control that we wanted. The players worked hard to achieve something but it was not today and we move forward."

  2. Nottingham Forest 0-1 Fulham: Talking pointpublished at 18:28 28 September

    Timothy Abraham
    BBC Sport Journalist

    Andreas Pereira goes down after contact from Forest defender MurilloImage source, Getty Images
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    Andreas Pereira goes down after contact from Forest defender Murillo

    Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo would not be really be drawn on the key moment which settled this defeat to Forest.

    "There's no intention at all, but most penalties are not intentional," was the most the Nuno would say on the incident.

    From a Forest perspective, it seemed a harsh call from referee Josh Smith to award a penalty on the basis that Murillo had scraped his studs along the back of Andreas Pereira’s calf.

    Pereira certainly made the most of any contact from Murillo, rather theatrically throwing himself to the turf.

    What was more frustrating was the fact Forest did not get a look in when their players went to ground in the opposition box.

    There were incidents involving Anthony Elanga and Taiwo Awoniyi, but unlike the Pereira penalty the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) did not encourage referee Smith to take another look.

    Forest fans will rightly wonder why, if he was not sure on the Pereira incident, he was so unequivocal on those two.

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  3. Nottingham Forest 0-1 Fulham: Did you know?published at 18:19 28 September

    Nuno Espirito Santo, Manager of Nottingham Forest, applauds the fans prior to the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest FC and Fulham FC at City GroundImage source, Getty Images

    Nottingham Forest have failed to win any of their last six league games at the City Ground (D3 L3). Their longest run since September 2021 in the Championship (8 games – D2 L6).

  4. Sutton's predictions: Nottingham Forest v Fulhampublished at 11:16 28 September

    Chris Sutton and Paul Smith

    Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.

    For week six, he takes on Maximo Park singer Paul Smith, whose latest album, Stream Of Life, is out on Friday.

    Forest host Fulham at 15:00 on Saturday.

    Sutton's prediction: 1-1

    I like Fulham at home, but I am not so sure I like them as much away.

    Nottingham Forest will miss the suspended Morgan Gibbs-White, which is a bit of a blow for them.

    This is going to be a good game, but it has draw written all over it.

    Smith's prediction: 0-1

    Both of these teams are in the top half and have made decent starts so, like Everton versus Palace, this feels like a fair fight between two fairly equal teams.

    As a Boro fan I loved it when Adama Traore was with us - he did have an end product, but it has become something that became a bit of a stick to beat him with.

    This season he has definitely upped his conversion rate so I am thinking that Fulham might nick it. Forest have a lot of talent in midfield, but Gibbs-White being suspended might be the deciding factor.

    Read the full predictions and have your say here