Mark Warburton believes his side weren't streetwise enough as they went down 3-1 to Fulham on Tuesday night.
The Nottingham Forest manager bemoaned his side's naivety in a game where fine margins proved to be the difference, with Fulham finally getting out of sight in the 86th minute thanks to a third goal from Neeskens Kebano after Stefan Johansen had curled his freekick into the top corner.
Ryan Fredericks was the man who charged through the Forest midfield like a hot knife through butter to win the freekick that led to Fulham's second, and Warburton criticised his side's lack of streetwise knowledge, believing the should've brought Fredericks down earlier than they did.
He said: “We have to be less naive and more streetwise. Bring him down on the halfway line,” he said.
“And we gave a goal away in the first 15 minutes for the third game in a row and we need to look at that as well.
But then we had a great response. Fulham are a good team and we had to press them hard and high – but we did that.
“We missed a couple of chances, then we got a good equaliser and finished the half strongly – we needed to come out and be dominant and on the front foot.
“We were stepping in and winning balls, getting nice and high and creating chances. Daryl has had chances, Jason (Cummings) has had chances and Kieran (Dowell) has had chances – it is about the team, not individuals. But we had numerous chances as a team.”
