Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has been busy working on a master plan for Ipswich Town this weekend.
Forest face the newly promoted outfit for the first time in several years and the Tractor Boys have taken well to life in the Premier League.
Last weekend they drew 1-1 with Manchester United and before the international break, won their first top-flight game since promotion with a win over Tottenham.
Forest have conceded three goals in each of their last two games, with Espirito Santo confirming that it will be a busy week in training.
Now, the Forest head coach has been sharing exactly what he’s been demanding from his team ahead of this weekend’s game.
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Nuno Espirito Santo shares what he’s demanded of his players this weekend
It’s imperative that the Reds get back to winning ways this weekend, with a very tough run of fixtures to come in December.
Forest have to go back to basics and Espirito Santo has recognised that by sharing what he’d like his team to do before anything else this weekend.
He said in his press conference: “We have to give credit to the opponents and some of those goals they did very well.
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“There are aspects we have to look at though, the defensive aspects of the team and it’s not just them, the midfielders, the wingers, they have to help.
“The players now realise that the first objective is a clean sheet. It’s as simple as that.”
Defensive resolution is a must for Forest this weekend
Ipswich have proved in a number of games this season that they can compete and not only that, they score goals.
Omari Hutchinson and Liam Delap are exciting youngsters and Ipswich have breached better rearguards than the one they will come up against when they play Forest.
As a result, Espirito Santo knows that his team needs to be on the money this weekend and that starts with going back to basics defensively.
Forest have showcased that they can learn from errors at the back and hopefully now, the Reds have had their blip and can put on a show this weekend.
Espirito Santo is desperate to see his team keep another clean sheet and hopefully, things can be looking much more rosey come 5pm on Saturday.
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