It felt inevitable, but nobody expected Ange Postecoglou’s time as Nottingham Forest manager to end how it did.

Only 19 minutes after the final whistle was blown in Forest’s 3-0 loss to Chelsea at the City Ground, the club issued a statement on social media that Postecoglou had been sacked .

It was obvious that something was in the works when Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis rose from his chair and stormed out of the stadium with roughly half an hour remaining and Chelsea leading 2-0.

Postecoglou must have known it was coming too.

His impassioned press conference on match eve was reminiscent of the type of spurring talks he gave in his final days at Tottenham.

He then soaked up the atmosphere at full-time, staying on the pitch to applaud the fans that did stick around until the end

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