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After just three weeks in charge, Ange Postecoglou’s supporters demanded his dismissal. He remained defiant.

Postecoglou has won six of his first six games in charge of Forest, including a devastating 3-2 defeat over Midtjylland in the Europa League.

In his first six games as Forest manager, he became the first to lose.

Many Forest supporters chanted “You’re getting sacked in the morning” toward the former Tottenham boss after Valdemar Byskov scored the visitors’ late third goal at the City Ground.

“The fans are disappointed,” he said. They are permitted to express their views on it. I heard their opinions, said a miserable Postecoglou, who was also jeered as he went full-time down the tunnel.

Nothing about football surprises me. Our current climate is it. That seems to be the way things are going. I have no control over it.

Postecoglou was competing with Spurs for this trophy for more than four months, but he was fired 16 days later, paying the price for a terrible domestic campaign. He is currently having trouble getting results at another club.

Before the final whistle blew, Postecoglou was blamed for the first European game played at the City Ground for 29 years, which was a crushing disappointment.

Fans then sang in praise of West Ham’s former manager Nuno Espirito Santo, who is currently with Postecoglou.

Before being fired due to his broken relationship with owner Evangelos Marinakis, Nuno led Forest to seventh place in the Premier League last season.

Following Sunderland’s 1-0 home defeat on Saturday, Midtjylland won the Premier League.

Supporters turning to Marinakis and these results have altered the atmosphere at Forest.

“It’s my job to ensure that we achieve some wins for this football club and advance,” Postecoglou said.

“It would be better if people had a positive outlook on what I’m doing,” I said. I can only do that by winning football games.

That won’t change the way I’m treating things, regardless. I firmly believe in the direction we are heading and don’t think we are far from being the force that can solve the current crisis we’re in and achieve the desired outcomes.

Forest and Marinakis rekindled their relationship last summer, spending around £180 million to build on the success of last season, but Nuno was fired last month.

Postecoglou took his place on September 9th, but Forest struggled to maintain the momentum of the previous season and defeat their Danish opponents.

The head coach of Australia thinks his team is still on the verge of a breakthrough.

Nothing I saw tonight alters anything, Postecoglou said, “Yes, I do, nothing I saw tonight.” Although I understand how people are acting at the moment, particularly toward me, and I understand the atmosphere there, I don’t think it’s going to be great.

“I think we are on the right track, and we will be on a good path when we get past this moment of uncertainty,” he said.

Forest, who had earlier conceded first-half goals from Ousmane Diao and Mads Bech, either side of Dan Ndoye’s equalizer, could not be saved by Chris Wood’s stoppage-time penalty.

Before the international break, Forest will travel to Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday after drawing 2-2 with Real Betis last week.

It’s a really poor decision from us, Postecoglou said. We let ourselves down in crucial circumstances and had a mountain to climb were both significant events and [a]a similar tale.

Marinakis is well-versed in the idea of quick fixes when he finds things to be ineffective.

After just 48 days as head coach, he fired former Olympiacos manager Carlos Corberan, and Nuno left just weeks after he agreed to a new three-year contract.

Postecoglou is now the subject of discussion.

Former Forest and West Ham striker Michail Antonio, who spoke on TNT Sports, said, “I feel he will get extra time because he was appointed by the owner.”

He will allow him more time to develop his philosophy because he seems to be having a difficult time communicating his strategies to the players.

Wins are the name of the game, according to Martin O’Neill, the former manager of Forest and Leicester.

You wouldn’t even know the name of the tea lady after six games because the crowd was already hostile to him in many ways.

Kelechi Iheanacho called it “an awful decision”. Team-mate Sebastian Tounekti said it was “crazy”. Former Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart went with “ridiculous”.

Manager Brendan Rodgers bemoaned what was a “huge moment” when Celtic had an Iheanacho goal ruled out early in the second half against Sporting Braga.

The Nigerian thought he had equalised for the home side when he fired a left-footed strike into the far corner after bursting through a weak defensive challenge.

However, after a lengthy review, VAR Christian Dingert instructed referee Tobias Stieler to disallow the goal because of a handball, despite replays appearing to show the ball hitting Iheanacho in the face.

“The ball didn’t hit my hand, and that changed the game,” Iheanacho said.

But throughout the game, Celtic made errors of their own.

On 20 minutes, Ricardo Horta’s strike from 33 yards fizzed and dipped towards Kasper Schmeichel’s goal, but the experienced Danish goalkeeper flapped at it and was left sprawled on the turf as the visiting Braga players celebrated the opener.

Another defensive mess in the second half resulted in Dane Murray’s attempted clearance ricocheting off Gabri Martinez and into the back of the net.

It wasn’t much better going forward for Rodgers’ side, who played much of the second half with last season’s top scorer – Daizen Maeda – at right wing-back.

Celtic failed to score for the fifth time in 12 games this season – the same number in which they drew a blank in the entirety of last season.

Rodgers went to a back three at half-time in an attempt to find a spark, with Maeda dropping into a deeper role and Marcelo Saracchi replacing Colby Donovan.

Celtic did improve and when Iheanacho beat Braga goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek, the hosts were the side on top.

That momentum was halted by a prolonged VAR check, the outcome of which was incomprehensible to most – if not all – at Parkhead.

Former Celtic title-winning goalkeeper Joe Hart – on commentary duties with TNT Sports – was in no doubt the goal would be given at the time of the incident.

“There’s VAR checking for handball trying to ruin everyone’s fun, but no, it comes off his head,” Hart said at the time.

“What could they possibly be waiting for? They must be seeing a different replay to me. What are we wasting our time for? This is ridiculous.

“I presume there’s a bad wi-fi connection because that can be the only reason we aren’t getting on with this game at 1-1.”

But soon enough, Stieler was explaining that the goal was being disallowed.

Speaking afterwards, those in the Celtic camp were just as confused. “It was never a handball, it’s crazy that the referee disallowed that,” Tounekti said.

“We watched the video over again and I spoke to Kele about it. I’m really interested in what VAR saw because that was never a handball.

“I think if that goal stood we would win the game 100%.”

Rodgers, too, was at a loss at how the officials reached the verdict they did.

Much of the post-match focus was on the non-goal, but Schmeichel’s mistake handed the initiative to Braga.

Horta’s shot had an expected-goals value of just 0.027, but it evaded the 38-year-old’s goalkeeper’s grasp.

“He’ll be really disappointed with it,” Rodgers said. “It’s a good strike and it’s obviously moved a little bit, but I haven’t spoken to him about it.”

Beyond the defensive errors, this was yet another game where Celtic have failed to fire this term.

Maeda is being played out of position to accommodate Tounekti, while every midfield combination Rodgers has tried has lacked cutting edge and energy.

They were unable to break down Kazakh side Kairat Almaty over three-and-a-half hours as they dropped out of the Champions League.

And this is the fewest matches into a campaign in which Celtic have had five games without scoring since the 1991-92 season.

Supporters have highlighted the perceived lack of transfer ambition in the summer.

But Celtic’s struggles stretch back to February, when they ran Bayern Munich close before being knocked out of the Champions League.

Since then, they have failed to win 12 of 27 matches in all competitions.

“It was a poor Celtic performance,” former Scotland forward James McFadden said on Sportsound. “Lacking quality, something we’re not used to seeing with Celtic.

“I think the change of shape at half-time helped a little bit, but in the end Braga deserved the win.”

Defensive errors and a lack of attacking quality is rarely a winning combination.

“Not enough intent for me,” former Celtic goalkeeper Pat Bonner said. “Keeping the ball fine, moving it around, but not enough real intent in that final third.

Ibrahima Konate, a Liverpool defender, is a cool interest for Manchester United, Yehor Yarmolyuk, and Newcastle want Oihan Sancet, a player from Athletic Club.

The senior Real Madrid players are unsure about pursuing a deal for Liverpool and France defender Ibrahima Konate, who will be in the summer. (Fichajes – Spanish)

Maxence Lacroix, 25, and Marc Guehi, 25, his club teammate, are now available at Liverpool. Football Insider

Brentford, age 21, and Yehor Yarmolyuk, a defensive midfielder from Ukraine, have been added to Manchester United‘s transfer target list. (Caughtoffside)

Joshua Zirkzee, a striker without Manchester United, is still interested in AC Milan and Juventus, with the 24-year-old also a target for Como on a loan in January. (ESPN)

Cristian Orozco, a 17-year-old Colombian midfielder, has agreed to join Manchester United from Bogota club Fortaleza. (Romano-Fabrizio)

In the race to sign Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney, the English international, is ahead of Fulham and Tottenham. (Teamtalk)

The elite clubs are tracking Club Tijuana’s 16-year-old Mexican attacking midfielder Gilberto Mora, who plays for Manchester City, Real Madrid, Real Madrid, and Barcelona. (Teamtalk)

Giovanni Leoni, 18, from Liverpool, is expected to be back in action after recovering from knee ligament surgery at the end of 2026. (Mail subscription required)

Erling Haaland, a 25-year-old Norwegian international, has a growing lack of patience with the club’s problems despite agreeing to a lucrative contract until 2034. (Star)

Jorg Schmadtke, the interim sporting director at Borussia Monchengladbach, is reportedly set to take the same position. (German word for “Kicker”)