Andre Dede Ayew, the Ghana international, has said that Nottingham Forest will keep fighting until the end of the season as they seek to avoid relegation from the English Premier League.

Currently 14th after 26 matches, Ayew acknowledged that the team's current position is surprising to many but said that they will continue to believe in themselves and keep pushing for positive results.

Ayew missed a stoppage-time penalty in their recent 3-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspurs away, but insisted that it is not time to panic.

He also said that they will have to face teams that have been together longer and have more established styles of play, but that they are not going to give up.

"Everybody who wears a Forest shirt knows it's not going to be easy, but we're going to keep believing in ourselves," he said.

"Our problem is we're facing teams that have been together for four or five years, they have their own style of play and their own ideas, but it's not time to panic. It's going to be difficult, but we don't just have to look at the negatives. We know our away form isn't good enough, but we're not going to give up. We're going to keep fighting until the end."

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