Ange Postecoglou sacked just minutes after Chelsea beat Nottingham Forest

Ange Postecoglou was sacked as Nottingham Forest manager just minutes after the 3-0 defeat to Chelsea.

Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis moved quickly following the loss at the City Ground.

It was Postecoglou’s fourth successive defeat in all competitions, and boos rang around the City Ground at full-time as the Australian trudged from the field, not knowing that his 40-day reign was over.

Nottingham Forest Football Club can confirm that after a series of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties as head coach with immediate effect.

The Club will make no further comment at this time.

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) October 18, 2025

The 60-year-old had delivered a defiant speech in Friday’s press conference and said if given the time “the story always ends the same… me with a trophy”.

Marinakis, however, decided to terminate the story early.

After a goalless first half, Chelsea flexed their quality following the break and struck twice in 124 seconds through Josh Acheampong’s first senior goal and Pedro Neto’s second of the season.

Fans flooded for the exit doors when Reece James added a third with six minutes remaining and prompted the visiting fans to sing ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ to Postecoglou, who looked on helplessly before Malo Gusto’s late red.

Little did the Chelsea fans know that the sacking would be before Sunday morning.

Forest started the contest brightly and Elliot Anderson should have done better when he was fed in by Morgan Gibbs-White, but the England midfielder failed to get a shot away from close range with just Robert Sanchez to beat.

The home fans were encouraged by what they saw from their team in the early stages with the world champions not yet