Published: 14:37, 18 October 2025 | Updated: 14:37, 18 October 2025

This time the story will surely have a different ending. Ange Postecoglou repeated on Friday that he always wins a trophy in his second season yet not even his most devoted fan expects that to happen at Nottingham Forest.

When a manager loses six of his first eight matches, owners do not tend to be thinking about what might happen at the end of the second season, and Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis’ decision to leave his seat in the stand after an hour of Chelsea’s win here made Postecoglou’s prospects look even more grim.

When Reece James scored Chelsea’s third, hundreds of Forest fans made for the exits and Postecoglou might not be too far behind. Many did not see Malo Gusto’s sending-off for a second yellow card – an astonishing fifth in six games for the Blues.

Forest’s next game is against Porto here in the Europa League on Thursday and the Australian’s chances of being in charge for that one have suffered a possibly fatal blow. As for Chelsea, they were...