LONDON: Vitor Pereira made a dream start as Nottingham Forest manager with a 3-0 win against Fenerbahce in the first leg of the Europa League play-offs on Thursday. Pereira became Forest’s fourth boss this season after agreeing an 18-month deal to replace the sacked Sean Dyche on Sunday. He made an instant impact as the Premier League strugglers powered to an impressive victory in Istanbul thanks to goals from Murillo, Igor Jesus and Morgan Gibbs-White Forest’s dominant display puts them in pole position to finish the job in the second leg at the City Ground on February 26.

Portuguese managed Fenerbahce and leads his new side into their Europa League playoff sounding confident

Minute-by-minute report: Vítor Pereira’s first game as Forest manager pits him against one of his former clubs for a place in the last 16. Will Unwin has the latest

Nottingham Forest are all but through to the knockout stages of the Europa League after winning 3-0 at Fenerbahce in the first leg of the playoff in Vítor Pereira first game in…

LONDON: Vitor Pereira made a dream start as Nottingham Forest manager with a 3-0 win against Fenerbahce in the first leg of the Europa League play-offs on Thursday. Pereira became…

Nottingham Forest are all but through to the knockout stages of the Europa League after winning 3-0 at Fenerbahce in the first leg of the playoff in Vítor Pereira’s first game in…