Nuno on away form, Wood's goals and Murillo

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Arsenal (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• On team news, Ramon Sosa "is still to arrive" after being on international duty with Paraguay, long-term absentees Danilo and Sangare "definitely can't be involved" and he also revealed "there's some situations to manage and decide".

• On facing Arsenal, he said: "We always believe we can compete. We're going to face a good, tough team. We're going to compete doing the things we want, but it's going to be a tough game."

• On Forest's set-piece improvement he said: "The first step was the awareness of the players to understand we had to improve that aspect. Their involvement was massive because they really put some effort on it, a lot of time spent doing it on the training ground and staying focused. The credit is for them."

• Forest are yet to lose away from home this season and on the club's away form he said: "The players realise there's no game that we can change our approach, home and away has to be the same. It's harder because we don't have the City Ground behind us but we will have a lot of fans at the Emirates to support us."

• He said Chris Wood is "amazing" after the striker continued his good form with five goals over the international break for his country. "I'm delighted for him that he's breaking all the records in New Zealand," said Nuno.

• Murillo was part of the Brazilian national side but didn't feature. Nuno believes patience is key for the 22-year-old, saying: "We have to be proud of our players that are being involved in their national team squad, to be involved for Brazil shows the quality he has and he has to be patient and wait for his chance but I'm delighted he was involved."

• He was asked if he's surprised with the start to the season his side have had, with the club sitting fifth in the table and said: "What I expect and what the players give to us is total commitment to do things right. From the outside it can be surprising but for us? No. We work every day with them, we know the quality and talent they have, we demand a lot from them but we have to stay humble and realise it's a very long and tough season."

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