Vitor Pereira has applauded Nottingham Forest’s display of character and mentality after their 5-0 thrashing of Sunderland on Friday night.
The Tricky Trees took a bold step towards Premier League survival with a big win against their league rivals, which puts them eight points clear of the drop zone with four games left for them to play.
They have now scored four or more goals in consecutive league games and are now on a six-game unbeaten run in the Premier League.
Speaking after the match, Pereira expressed satisfaction with his side’s performance and is confident they will beat the drop this season.
“I need to thank the staff that cares about the set plays because today they were fantastic. They created a lot of problems”, Pereira said.
“The pressing created a lot of problems. Our pressing created a lot of problems. And a clean sheet. A clean sheet is important in this moment of the season to show this mentality, this spirit, this confidence because we have the character.”
Nottingham Forest scored four goals in a devastating first half performance to record only their 10th league win of the season.
Chris Wood, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus and an own goal from Trai Hume set them up for victory, before Elliott Anderson added a late fifth to complete the win.
“I’m very happy for my players, for the supporters, for the club and for the staff. We are in a good moment because we created the spirit, we created the mentality and tactically now, because we have more time working together, we are in a moment where we can face every game to get points”, Pereira concluded.
Nottingham Forest will now turn their attention to the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinals against Aston Villa on Thursday, before facing Newcastle United next weekend.
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