West Ham 1-2 Nottingham Forest: What Nuno said

West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side's defeat by Nottingham Forest: "Very tight margins and a goal ruled out that we had that would put us in front. Then a lot of incidents with the penalty - a tough match.

"I think we did enough things to win the match. The boys worked very hard. I think we did enough to win it."

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On debutants Pablo and Taty Castellanos: "Good, they have settled in with the team. They have qualities and they have come to help.

"We have to keep going, keep believing, and keep working. It is not over."

More from Nuno on Sky Sports: "I think we did enough good things to win the match today. The boys really worked hard. We got the advantage, we scored a goal ruled out by fine margins of offside, that was the moment of the game, and a lot of incidents happened, but I've got nothing to say about the hard work.

"That was the idea [to score early] and the boys did it. We had good combinations and control, we had good threat in attack. It was a good first half.

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We started the second half well. There was a foul on the edge of the box on Summerville and then that leads to Forest breaking out, this takes the mind out of the players and makes it hard to explain how things happen."

On the penalty: "It happens so many times during the matches that you get confused about the rules honestly. How many times has this happened and penalties have not been given? So I don't quite understand.

"Areola goes for the ball, Soucek takes the ball out and then he cannot stop his movement, so hard to explain."

On the fans: "It's hard to ask them anything. It's hard to explain. We understand their frustration and the sadness and we are all the same. What to say? Keep helping us. Again they showed today when the team gives, they give back the support that we need. Today the boys showed that we are here to keep the fight."

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On his belief: "You know me. I'll keep on going, believing and working with the boys. Sometimes you have good moments and bad moments but you need to be resilient enough to understand that this is the game."

Did you know?

• West Ham (D4 L6) have gone 10 consecutive Premier League games without a victory for the first time since a run of 11 between December 2006 and March 2007.

• West Ham (12) and Forest (eight) have conceded more goals from corners than any other side in the league this season, with both team's opening goals coming in this manner.