Sean Dyche has known as for a few of his Nottingham Forest gamers to “take a look within the mirror” after an “unacceptable” first-half efficiency of their FA Cup loss at Wrexham.

Forest have been the primary Premier League facet in third-round motion and the primary casualty by the hands of decrease league opposition.

Having made eight adjustments from Tuesday’s Premier League win at West Ham, Dyche watched in fury as his facet trailed their Championship opponents 2-0 on the break.

They fought again to make it 3-3 and power extra-time at Stok Cae Ras, however have been overwhelmed 4-3 within the penalty shootout after Igor Jesus and Omari Hutchinson had their spot-kicks saved by house keeper Arthur Okonkwo.

“The primary half was fully unacceptable,” Dyche instructed TNT Sports activities.

“I let the gamers know and there are particular people that definitely know they usually should look within the mirror.

“However the strangeness of soccer, some gamers that got here on within the second half have been a credit score and we went on and appeared like a Premier League facet.

“You’ll be able to’t do this within the first half, it is fully unacceptable. It is unacceptable to me, however I stated you need to look within the mirror as a result of that is unacceptable to the badge as nicely.

“All of them knock on the door and say, ‘why aren’t I enjoying?’. Properly the proof is sort of truthfully there for some, not for all.”

Whereas Dyche praised those that got here off the bench – together with two-goal Callum Hudson-Odoi – for appearing as a “catalyst” for his or her second-half comeback, he continued to berate his facet’s efforts in a poor first 45 minutes.

“I might have taken all of them off [at half-time],” he added. “The tempo, the mentality to take the sport on was missing so badly within the first half.

“Sluggish, methodical, now we have performed a variety of work on that. There was mainly no intent, no actual want to make a distinction. Second half, the adjustments have been terrific.

“The info of the matter are we have got to make adjustments. They confirmed their hand and will not be knocking on my door saying, ‘why aren’t I enjoying?’ once more, that is for positive, that first-half group.”