Manager targets midweek Carabao Cup tie after Arsenal loss
‘My job is to get us to where I want us as quickly as possible’
Ange Postecoglou insisted that his Nottingham Forest would begin to take shape on Wednesday in the Carabao Cup at Swansea after he suffered a bruising first game in charge, losing 3-0 at Arsenal.
The manager, who was appointed on Tuesday as Nuno Espírito Santo’s successor, watched his team go down to a pair of Martín Zubimendi goals and one from Viktor Gyökeres. Forest barely threatened and it was a comfortable way for Arsenal to respond to their 1-0 defeat at Liverpool before the international break.
Postecoglou could point to plenty of mitigating factors but if he sounded as though he wanted to write this game off, he made it clear he thought better times were around the corner. “It won’t be months, it won’t be weeks … it will be Wednesday,” Postecoglou said, when asked how long he would need to make an impression. “I cannot afford to waste time. This is not a project. This football club had a strong season last year, they need to be stronger this year and my job is to get us to where I want us as quickly as possible.
