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Matt Davies

'Unbelievable player' - Sabri Lamouchi was wowed by one Nottingham Forest man against QPR

Sabri Lamouchi says Joe Lolley is an 'unbelievable player' when he performs as he did at QPR .

Lolley impressed as a number 10 as Nottingham Forest won 4-0 to go fourth in the Championship on Wednesday night.

The former Huddersfield winger provided an assist for the opening goal, but afterwards, the Reds boss said he deserved a goal too.

"He deserved to score, he worked so hard for the team. I like to see Joe Lolley running, trying, because he enjoys it," he said.

"When he plays with this quality he’s an unbelievable player. Not just Lolley, my back four they were so fantastic. Ben Watson, fantastic. All of them."

Lolley was involved in one of the game's key moments when he was hauled down by Lee Wallace, who was sent off five minutes into the second half as he was QPR's last defender.

Lamouchi was certain referee Stephen Martin made the right decision, although he does not believe playing against 10 men makes for an easy task.

The Frenchman pointed to Saturday's 0-0 draw at Bristol City, when the hosts were unable to breakdown Forest at Ashton Gate after Ryan Yates was sent after 54 minutes.

"I think it was a foul. I think he was the last defender so the rules are clear," he said.

"We were in this situation three days before. Bristol tried to change their system with offensive players but we kept the result.

"Sometimes when you are one more/one less there is sometimes more energy for the team with one player down and sometimes the team with one player more they don’t play with as much concentration but that was not the case tonight.

"We played for the second goal and with the second goal we are so close to taking the result." 

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