Nottingham Forest have sacked Ange Postecoglou 39 days after appointing him as head coach on Sept. 9, and just minutes after the team's defeat to Chelsea on Saturday.

Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis left his seat midway through his team's 3-0 loss at the City Ground, and an announcement on Postecoglou's future was confirmed 19 minutes after full time.

Postecoglou failed to lead Forest to a single victory from his eight matches in charge.

It was Postecoglou's fourth successive defeat in all competitions, and boos rang around the City Ground at full time as the Australian trudged from the field, not knowing that his short reign was over.

The 60-year-old had launched a staunch defense of his managerial record in Friday's news conference and said if given the time "the story alwa

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