Steve Cooper clinging on to Nottingham Forest job but he's not worried about his future

<p>Forest slumped to a fourth straight league defeat on the road and sit above the bottom three on goal difference alone after letting slip the lead against their relegation rivals at Elland Road.</p>

Orel Mangala's first goal for Forest gave them an early lead, but Leeds hit back with first-half strikes from Jack Harrison and Luis Sinisterra to deservedly clinch a crucial win.

Asked if he was worried about his position, Cooper said: "I respect the question and I understand it 100 per cent, but I'm not that guy that thinks like that.

"I always think of the greater good of the club, so any sort of worry, disappointment, frustration I'm feeling right now is the fact that Forest have lost a game they could have done so much better in.

"That's just the way I'm wired. I've trained myself just to focus on the stuff I can control and work as hard as I can every single day, believe in my work and stay true to it. That's just where I'm at."

Cooper, who has retained the support of the majority of Forest fans up to now, said he still believed in himself and his players and confirmed there had been no contact from the club's board.

"I'll forever be grateful to the supporters and that's why winning games feels so joyous and losing games hurts," he added.

"Because they're so good with me, when we let them down like we did tonight, it's painful.

"That's how I think, trying to do what's right and good for the club. I just don't think about myself.

"The more support I get, the more determined and paranoid I get about not letting them down."

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