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Steve Cooper felt Nottingham Forest threw away the chance of a rare away win after going down 3-2 at West Ham.<\/p>\n
Goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Anthony Elanga had put Forest into the lead after Lucas Paqueta fired the Hammers ahead in the third minute.<\/p>\n
But late headers from Jarrod Bowen and Tomas Soucek, both from James Ward-Prowse corners, condemned the visitors to another defeat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think if we\u2019d drawn 2-2, I\u2019d have been disappointed,\u201d Forest boss Cooper said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t look past the goals we\u2019ve given away. We gifted them a goal at the start, worked our way back into it and then to concede a corner after five seconds from kick-off and defend like we did is frustrating.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe third goal is from our throw-in, it\u2019s a corner again and we didn\u2019t do our jobs. Whether the ball coming in is brilliant or average, you\u2019ve got the stay with your man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Forest have won just two matches on the road since they were promoted in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we are doing a lot better things away from home but we\u2019ve just thrown a result a way, and to lose it like we did, it was our own fault, I can\u2019t look past that,\u201d Cooper added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a real opportunity to come here to win and we were doing that. Today was a different away performance and loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is one we are going \u2018We\u2019ve just thrown it away\u2019. This could have been a much more comfortable day and we\u2019ve only got ourselves to blame.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward-Prowse has now contributed nine assists in all competitions since joining West Ham from Southampton, yet an England call-up still eludes him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m quite pleased that he\u2019ll get a rest this week, with the amount of games we\u2019ve had,\u201d Hammers boss David Moyes said with a smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s be fair, he is world class at his deliveries, and if I was him I\u2019d be disappointed the other boys haven\u2019t scored more from his deliveries.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hammers won a topsy-turvy match to register their first Premier League victory since September.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I needed that. But so do all the clubs,\u201d Moyes added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was thrilled with the opening minutes, and with the end few minutes. But our play was too slow in the first half and we lost a goal before half-time as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the second half, after we went behind we played really well to get ourselves back in the game and to win it was tremendous. \u201c<\/p>\n