Steve Cooper makes critical Nottingham Forest admission following Coventry victory

Nottingham Forest were victorious once again in Championship action – but head coach Steve Cooper wasn’t fully impressed with his side’s 2-0 victory over Coventry City on Wednesday night.

Fresh off the back of a 4-1 rout over Blackpool on Saturday afternoon, the Reds were going for a fourth win on the spin in the league when the Sky Blues rocked up to Trentside.

Goals either side of half-time from Brennan Johnson – his 15th in all competitions this season – and Manchester United loanee James Garner saw the Tricky Trees jump up into the play-off places, leapfrogging Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough and Sheffield United in the process into fifth position.

It wasn’t the perfect performance from Forest though, even though they could have scored more than they did with Ryan Yates hitting the crossbar in the second half, with Coventry having their own chances by getting five shots on target at Brice Samba’s goal.

Cooper in particular was critical of his team’s ability to keep the ball in possession despite being happy with the victory and insisted that there are still things the team need to learn before the end of the season.

“They test you,” Cooper said of Mark Robins’ side, per NottinghamshireLive.

“We had to be positionally right, which in general we were.

“But we turned the ball over too much in the first half and we didn’t make enough passes.

“At times we were taking too many touches.

“Because of that, we didn’t get the fluidity in the game. When we did do it, we got in good positions.

“The goals were excellent. Great moves, with Keinan (Davis) playing in Jack (Colback), and Jack flashing the ball across for what ended up being Brennan’s goal.

“And then at half-time, I said all of those things to the players. I thought