Vítor Pereira’s Nottingham Forest thrash Tottenham 3-0 before Porto trip | OneFootball

Vítor Pereira had reasons to celebrate this Sunday. The Portuguese coach achieved, over the afternoon, his first victory since returning to the top tier of English football, after Nottingham Forest triumphed away at Tottenham with a 0-3 win, in a match of the 31st round of the Premier League.

After, in midweek, eliminating the Danes of Midtjylland and being drawn against FC Porto in the Europa League quarter-finals, in a reunion with his former team, the Portuguese coach faced a decisive match in the fight for Premier League survival, and the historic British club did not fail to meet its objective.

At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the visiting team took the lead just before halftime. The Brazilian Igor Jesus, after an assist from Neco Williams, opened the scoring in London in the 45th minute.

Right before the break, Tottenham players appealed for a penalty. The Argentine center-back Cristián Romero fell inside Forest’s penalty area, but referee Michael Oliver, after consulting VAR, chose not to award a penalty.

In the second half, Tottenham, who started the Portuguese midfielder, looked for the equalizer, but it was Nottingham Forest who increased their lead. Callum Hudson-Odoi linked up with Morgan Gibbs-White and the England international scored Vítor Pereira’s team’s second goal in the 62nd minute. All this after, in the 50th minute, Neco Williams had hit the post with a header.

This second goal from the visiting side ended up crushing Tottenham’s hopes of picking up points in this match, despite the Spurs coming in with high morale following their midweek 3-2 win over Atlético de Madrid, a result that, nevertheless, did not prevent the Londoners’ elimination from the Champions League.

Nottingham Forest would go on to score a third goal in the final minutes. Taiwo Awoniyi responded to a perfect cross from Neco Williams and sealed the result in the 87th minute. Dominic Solanke and Randal Kolo Muani still tried to pull one back for Tottenham at the start of the final period, but two saves from Mats Sels kept the 0-3 scoreline in favor of Vítor Pereira’s team.

In the end, after this victory, Nottingham Forest, who will visit FC Porto next Thursday, now have 32 points and occupy 16th place in the Premier League, overtaking Tottenham, who are 17th with 30 points, just one more than West Ham, managed by Nuno Espírito Santo, who lost this Sunday away to Aston Villa.

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