“It is not something that should happen at this level, you need to show quality and not give away silly goals” – Steve Cooper slams Matt Turner’s costly errors with goalkeeper now set to lose starting XI place again after being at fault for both Tottenham goals in defeat

Steve Cooper could not hide his frustration at goalkeeper Matt Turner after his errors in the defeat by Tottenham kept the Nottingham Forest boss firmly under pressure.

Turner was slow to react when Richarlison headed in Dejan Kulusevski’s cross for Spurs’ opener and Kulusevski’s shot for the second beat Turner even though it was straight at him. To make matters worse, it was Turner’s poor clearance that let Kulusevski in.

Forest have won only one of their last 13 games and Cooper’s short-term future remains in doubt with owner Evangelos Marinakis considering his options.

‘It is not something that should happen at this level,’ said Cooper when asked about Turner’s mistake for the second goal. ‘We have to own stuff we can do better – sometimes it will be individual, sometimes collective. We’ll review it over the weekend.

‘There are real little moments of quality we are not delivering. I have no complaints with the commitment but we are not managing defining moments. We have to strive to do better.

“The fans were brilliant today. I think they saw a team that gave everything. But not only should you give everything, you need to show quality as well and not give away silly goals, which is what we did.

Matt Turner was slow to come for the cross that led to Richarlison’s opener at the City Ground

The Forest keeper compounded the mistake of a poor kick by failing to stop Dejan Kulusevski’s powerful drive.

‘The job means the world to me and always has done. I know there are talking points around me and I wish it wasn’t the case. I wish we were talking about wins but as a club we are very together.

‘We have to stay that way. Everything we have done here has been built on togetherness. The fans saw a team who gave everything but we need to show quality and not give away silly goals.’