Nottingham Forest analysis: Rock solid belief Forest will now stay up
Virot Pereira had not won in the Premier League since last April. It was Forest's second 3-0 win against Tottenham in the league this season, their first coming under Sean Dyche in December, and it was just as deserved. At Tottenham they weathered any, light, storm in the first 40 minutes and rarely looked in trouble after Igor Jesus' opener.
[Getty Images] Virot Pereira had not won in the Premier League since last April. He left Wolves in November winless this season and it has taken five games to take three top-flight points at Foirest but they will be huge for their season. Battling defeats against Liverpool and Brighton deserved more while a draw at Manchester City showed the squad's quality and grit.
It was Forest's second 3-0 win against Tottenham in the league this season, their first coming under Sean Dyche in December, and it was just as deserved. At Tottenham they weathered any, light, storm in the first 40 minutes and rarely looked in trouble after Igor Jesus' opener. Igor Jesus has scored just three goals in the Premier League this season since a £10m move from Botafogo last summer.
All of them have earned Forest points, with a 1-0 win at Wolves and January's 2-0 victory at Brentford. Sunday's header was his 13th goal of the campaign, with seven coming in the Europa League. None will be as crucial as this one as Forest build momentum following Thursday's penalty shootout win at Midtjylland which earned a Europa League quarter-final with Porto.
There will be a rock solid belief they will stay up now with West Ham and Tottenham potentially left to fight it out for survival.