Forest ease past Fenerbahçe in Pereira's first game in charge | OneFootball

.Nottingham Forest took a huge stride towards the Europa League last 16 with an impressive 3-0 victory over Fenerbahce in Istanbul, handing Vítor Pereira a dream start in his first match in charge.

Forest controlled the tempo from the outset and looked composed throughout. Their bright start forced an early booking for Milan Skriniar after he hauled down Callum Hudson-Odoi, and the visitors never really let the hosts settle.

The breakthrough came in the 21st minute through a moment of brilliance from Murillo The centre-back strode forward from deep, ignored the passing options and drilled a low effort from distance into the corner, leaving Ederson with no chance.

The English side doubled their lead just before the interval. A corner caused chaos at the near post, Morgan Gibbs-White’s flick-on finding Igor Jesus, who nodded in from close range.

Any hope of a Turkish revival was extinguished five minutes into the second half. Omari Hutchinson’s clever pass released Jesus, who unselfishly squared for Gibbs-White to bundle home Forest’s third.

From there, Pereira’s side managed proceedings calmly, limiting Fenerbahce to speculative efforts while threatening on the counter.

The tie now appears firmly in Forest’s hands ahead of the return leg at the City Ground.

Incidents: The story of the match

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The match begins

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Opportunity wasted! Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest attempted a left-footed shot from a challenging angle on the left but failed to find the target. The assist came from Omari Hutchinson, who delivered a cross.

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Missed opportunity! Mert Müldür of Fenerbahce heads the ball from close range but sends it over the bar. The assist came from Marco Asensio, who delivered a cross following a corner kick.

Fenerbahce 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Murillo scores for Nottingham Forest with a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area into the bottom right corner. The assist came from Elliot Anderson after a quick counterattack.

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GOAL Nottingham Forest: Murillo (Nottingham Forest) scores!

Murillo scores goal number 1 in the competition (7 matches)

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Missed opportunity! Igor Jesus from Nottingham Forest took a right-footed shot from the center of the box, but it narrowly missed hitting the top right corner. The assist came from Morgan Gibbs-White.

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Missed opportunity. Callum Hudson-Odoi from Nottingham Forest attempted a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area but sent it wide to the left following a corner kick.

Fenerbahce 0, Nottingham Forest 2. Igor Jesus scores for Nottingham Forest with a header from close range following a corner kick.

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GOAL Nottingham Forest: Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) scores!

Igor Jesus scores goal number 7 in the competition (7 matches)

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Missed opportunity! Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area.

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Missed opportunity! Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest took a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it went wide to the left. The assist came from Murillo.

45 +2':

Missed opportunity! Omari Hutchinson from Nottingham Forest took a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area, but it sailed over the goal. The assist came from Ola Aina.

Fenerbahce 0, Nottingham Forest 3. Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest scores with a right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area.

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GOAL Nottingham Forest: Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) scores!

Morgan Gibbs-White scores goal number 2 in the competition (8 matches)

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Missed opportunity! Callum Hudson-Odoi from Nottingham Forest took a shot with his right foot from the left side of the penalty area, but it sailed over the bar. The assist came from Omari Hutchinson.

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Opportunity wasted. Talisca from Fenerbahce attempted a left-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area.

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Missed opportunity! Nikola Milenkovic of Nottingham Forest attempted a header from the center of the penalty area but sent it wide to the left. The assist came from Ola Aina.

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Missed opportunity. Marco Asensio of Fenerbahce takes a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it narrowly misses the target following a free kick.

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The referee whistles for the end of the match