Ange Postecoglou responds to brutal Arsenal chants on management return

Nottingham Forest were dominated by Arsenal in Ange Postecoglou's first game and the Australian was targeted by rival fans during the 3-0 loss, as they poked fun at the former Tottenham boss

Nottingham Forest boss Ange Postecoglou has dismissed brutal chants from Arsenal fans after his side's 3-0 defeat at the Emirates by insisting he "loves that everyone will be writing me off again".

The Australian suffered defeat in his first game in charge of the team as a brace from Martin Zubimendi and Viktor Gyokeres' goal rounded off a difficult away day.

Forest only managed one shot on target the whole game and weren't able to carve open many opportunities as they went a third game without a win.

For Postecoglou, he suffered yet another defeat in his Premier League managerial career and got some stick from Arsenal fans, who poked fun at him with a brutal chant after managing their bitter rivals Tottenham last season.

To the tune of Daydream Believer by Monkees, the supporters chanted: "Cheer up Postecoglou, oh what can it mean? To a fat Aussie b*****d and a s*** football team."

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There were also chants of: "Are you Tottenham in disguise?" and "You’re getting sacked in the morning," but Postecoglou quickly brushed off the criticism after the game.

When asked about the chants in an interview with talkSport, he replied: "I love being back. I love that probably everyone will be writing me off again. I love the fight, mate, and I’m up for it. So let’s get it on."

Postecoglou said the heavy defeat was "disappointing" but insisted there was still some encouragement to take from the performance.

‘[I am] disappointed with the outcome," he said in a separate interview with the BBC. "It’s not nice losing any game.

"They’re a very good side and pretty formidable at home. But even in that context, it’s disappointing. The players gave everything they could, they had the right endeavour but the second goal pushed it away from us.

"It’s been a really disruptive week for the players, I’ve trued to keep things really simple this week, we’ve only had one training session together but hopefully now we can start bedding in some of the principles we need to.

"I’m really happy with the squad. A lot of players haven’t had an opportunity yet or were signed late in the window but that will be rectified over the next few weeks and once we’ve had some game time, I’m more than happy with this squad.

"Elliot Anderson is an outstanding footballer, watching him at close quarters today was brilliant. I was really impressed with Dan Ndoye today. Neco Williams was outstanding today. There is a strong mindset within the senior core of the group. I’m still as excited as the day I signed, I knew today would be tough but you have to take your medicine and move on."

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