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"Frustrated" Ange denied first win by fellow Australian
SEN • September 18th, 2025 9:49 am
Ange Postecoglou has been denied a first win as Nottingham Forest manager after his side was knocked out of the League Cup in a 3-2 defeat to Swansea.
Fellow Australian and Socceroos star Cameron Burgess scored a 93rd minute screamer to seal Postecoglou’s fate leaving him without a win since taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo 10 days ago.
Postecoglou made 10 changes to the side which was thrashed 3-0 by Arsenal last weekend, and afterwards lamented that the team had not capitalised on their advantages earlier in the game.
"I just thought it was a game we really should have killed off long before it got to the stage that it did,” he told Sky Sports afterwards.
"I got the sense we were getting a bit comfortable and thought the game would finish off easily but that's not what happens, particularly in cup football. I thought we scored a good third goal.
"I think the lads got a bit comfortable in that moment and you've got to know the warning signs.
"We had to finish them off and we had plenty of opportunities to do that, and a couple of decisions didn't go our way.
"Players just thought it would naturally finish that way and we've paid a heavy price for that. We need to improve.
"They had two shots from outside the box in the first half and didn't really test us until right at the end.
"There were a lot of players out there who needed some football, but even within that context we were well in control of that game and should have seen it out.
"I was just frustrated that we didn't realise the danger that could have developed by not being more clinical and killing off the opponent when we should have."
Next up for Forest, who sit 15th on the Premier League table, is a trip to Burnley this weekend.
