Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest: What Pereira and Ortega said
[Getty Images] Nottingham Forest manager Vitor Pereira, speaking to TNT Sports: "Very happy, we proved today that we came to compete. We have good, talented players. The first half was fantastic.
On this difficult pitch we were a high level. Second half we kept going, scored goals that were cancelled. But in the end, we're happy.
We have to balance the players now for the weekend. " On fringe players delivering: "Fantastic - I started to do subs not because we were playing badly but to balance the energy and be ready for Sunday. "It's important [to win] - the energy and spirit is different when we win.
I have very good players, and we showed everything today - team spirit and character. "I don't have any doubt that we have the quality. We will compete for our targets.
I want to thank the supporters too, because today they deserved to keep going in this competition. " Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, speaking to TNT Sports: "Everyone is happy, buzzing. Everyone is tired as well - it was a long fight today.