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BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Fray believes there is "enough to be positive about" from Nottingham Forest's "phenomenal" start to the season to not be concerned with Sunday's home defeat by Newcastle.

"The worst thing they can do off the back of this is to start moping about the defeat and start to get down on themselves," he said.

"Forest are top five and that still represents a phenomenal start to the season. They have some very difficult games to come back to but it's about reflections and the bigger picture.

"I liked Nuno's phrase where he said: 'We had done to us what we have been doing to other teams.' And he's right.

"What Newcastle did to Forest is what Forest did to West Ham the week before. You have to give Newcastle credit - they've been the best side to come to the City Ground this season.

"Forest were off it a bit compared with where they have been. OK, move on. If they take the same set of results from the next dozen fixture I don't think anyone will be too concerned about this one.

"The next set of away fixtures is a bit daunting but that's for a couple of weeks' time.

"It's not ideal to go into an international break on a result and performance like this but there's enough to be positive about from the previous games Forest have played this season."

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Boss Nuno Espirito Santo insists Nottingham Forest must learn from their defeat to Newcastle.

Murillo's first-half opener was cancelled out by Alexander Isak, Joelinton and Harvey Barnes in the second half.

It was just a second defeat of the season for Forest and they remain in top five in the Premier League, although just a point above a chasing pack down to Aston Villa in ninth.

"When you lose and win there is always a lesson to be learnt. We must learn an important lesson, we have been punished the way we have been punishing other teams," said Nuno, who won October's Manager of the Month on Friday.

"I cannot say it is a bad performance, we have to give credit to Newcastle, they were a good team who were able to control us and were able to take advantage.

"They have quality and they were lethal in the chances they had.

"Even though we lost the game, everyone at Forest should be proud of the players and how we have been working together. Ok, let’s go again.

"I’m just proud from day one of the way we have been working as a team."

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Nuno Espirito Santo spoke to BBC Sport after Nottingham Forest's defeat against Newcastle: "I cannot say that was a bad performance, that is totally out of the question. We played against a very good team that was able to control us and then hurt us in the way we've been doing. It is a lesson for us to learn.

"I just have to recognise that today we played a good team, who were better than us in many, many moments. There's nothing to say about the players, the character and belief was there.

"I always say that we should enjoy and be proud of the way we are operating as a club. We want to grow in a very tough competition. We don't want to create an obligation of us. We are focusing on ourselves and improving as a team. We are going to regroup and go again and ignoring the same things: the table and the noise around us.

"We are very proud that our players go to international duty, it's recognition of their talents. We just hope they return healthy and there's time for them to recover from things they have been dragging."

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• Man Utd v Leicester (listen on BBC Radio 5 Live)

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.

For week 11 he takes on Mylee and Tate from CBBC football drama Jamie Johnson FC (JJFC), which is set in the world of an elite academy at fictional Premier League club Hawx United.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

In many respects this is a battle of two strikers. I loved Alexander Isak's header for Newcastle against Arsenal last week. It was a classic centre-forward's finish.

But this is the Chris Wood derby - aka the 'Wood Chopper' derby - and I am backing him to give Nottingham Forest the cutting edge they need against his former club.

Forest are a team with good balance in that they set out not to concede but they also have players who can threaten on the counter.

Their confidence must be sky-high and I see their good run continuing.

Mylee's prediction: Forest are doing really well but Newcastle are strong too. 2-2

Tate's prediction: Forest are flying and I am going to go for another Midlands win! 3-1

Read the rest of their predictions and have your own say here