Nottingham Forest manager Oliver Glasner, spoke to the media after his side's draw against Ipswich Town: "Very good performance at the end and a great start to the game. For 15-20 minutes Ipswich were in control and then we made a mistake just before half-time to get a 1-1 draw.
"The reaction in the second-half was amazing, really dominating and it isn't easy playing here at Ipswich, in their home stadium and all the effort keeping them in a 1-1 finish overall, but it is important to stay calm because it feels everything is going into the right direction, we have to be patient and then we will get the reward."
On the mistakes his defenders made: "It is football and it is a game of mistakes and no one does it on purpose but it is how we react and the reaction was great, we kept playing forward and we created these moments.
"It's the only thing we can do is to support the players, everyone sees and feels the way we are playing the game is right, but the results aren't what we want. We have to respect that Ipswich are a good team, so lets take the point and respect the point and we will rebuild on our performance.
"There is no other way than to support the players and encourage them because they work so hard to get into the situation do so many things in training we are showing them videos and speaking to them well.
"It is a lot of positives to take, if we did the opposite and blaming the players, they will loose their confidence. We have to support them and keep believing."
On the VAR review of a possible denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity following a tackle by Ipswich's Issa Diop: "It doesn't make sense [to speak to the referee] because it is what he decided and we have to accept it, it looks like the VAR was not from the East Midlands today. It felt like it was a red card but we couldn't have played a more dominant game than we did in the second half.
"Not to blame the referee, we will keep analysing, and practising. Maybe I am wrong or I don't know if the referee was a former football player. He won't change it anymore, so we accept it."
Forest forward Morgan Gibbs-White, spoke to Sky Sports: "We have had so many good performances recently but never enough to get the three points and get over the line. I feel like we have had a lot of chances, the first-half was a mis-match, they were in control and then we were.
"The second-half, we were completely dominant and we should have won the game in my eyes. As long as we keep performing like this surely we have to win."
On why Forest are struggling to score: "This is a question we have been asking ourselves in training, we have been doing shooting drills and if you had seen how they were going in yesterday...But they just were not in the game. It is a topic of discussion and it is not good enough but I am proud of the boys for keeping going and performing high.
"It is a massive mentality and this is a bad phase that we are going through but we need to stay positive, keep the togetherness and mentality and performances. If we keep performing like this, surely we will have to win."
On whether Diop should have been sent off: "It is difficult to say because you don't know if he's going to get there.
"My only question is, why did that have to go to VAR when both the referee and linesman are standing there watching? It should be an on-field decision there and then. I do agree with the decision because we don't know if he was going to get there.
"I think there needs to be ownership on the pitch. The referee and the linesman could both see what could have happened but VAR always have to get involved. But it is what it is."
Did you know?
Since his debut in February 2024, no full-back/wing-back has recorded more assists in the Premier League than Forest's Daniel Munoz (13), while he leads all such players for goal contributions in that time (21 – 8 goals, 13 assists).
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