Vitor Pereira enjoys Steve Cooper moment as Morgan Gibbs-White fires Nottingham Forest to win

Vitor Pereira is edging ever closer to getting Nottingham Forest over the line in the quest to avoid relegation back to the Championship.

Forest moved five points clear of Tottenham in 18th place with a 4-1 win over Burnley at the City Ground, with Morgan Gibbs-White scoring a brilliant hat-trick.

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Igor Jesus put the seal on the victory in the dying embers of stoppage time, and now the pressure is on West Ham and Tottenham below the Reds in the table.

After the game, the joy was etched all over the face of Pereira, and he even enjoyed a moment that former Forest boss Steve Cooper might have been proud of.

What Vitor Pereira did after Forest win

Sean Dyche was very much a manager who headed straight down the tunnel after each victory, but there is no such discretion when it comes to Pereira.

The Portuguese boss wore his heart on his sleeve in his technical area during this contest, and there was no way he wasn’t going to enjoy the win at the end.

He came onto the pitch to enjoy warm embraces with a number of players, including Gibbs-White and Ibrahim Sangare, before setting on his way towards the Trent End.

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There, Pereira fired three fist pumps in the direction of the stand that remained packed to the rafters long after the final whistle, with fans sensing the magnitude of this victory.

Pereira must now finish the job at Forest

Although Pereira was handed an 18-month contract at the City Ground, it remains to be seen whether or not he will remain in charge next season.

The head coach has done some really positive things for Forest, and his team are now seven matches unbeaten in all competitions.

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Pereira is on the cusp of something special at Forest with a Europa League semi-final on the cards and the Reds now five points clear of Tottenham.

The Portuguese head coach is saying and doing all the right things at the moment and now the Reds have a golden chance to secure another season of Premier League football.

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