Nottingham Forest’s convincing 3-0 victory over Fenerbahce, according to Morgan Gibbs-White, might be the perfect confidence boost after a “difficult time.”
With Liverpool playing Forest at the City Ground on Sunday, that is precisely what Arne Slot and the team do not want to hear.
The clash will be Vitor Pereira’s first Premier League match as manager of the Nottingham club.
On Thursday, Forest defeated the Turkish team at the Chobani Stadyumu in the first leg of the Europa League playoff, providing the perfect start to Pereira’s reign.
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Goals from Murillo, Igor Jesus, and Gibbs-White put Forest firmly in charge of the English team’s attempt to advance to the competition’s round of 16 prior to the second leg at the City Ground next week.
Forest was outstanding throughout, making light work of the challenge of performing under a fourth manager this season.
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“His message to us is that we will have a real identity to how we play and defend as a team,” Gibbs-White said of Pereira as reported by LiverpooFC.
“We have all bought into what he wants straight away.
“It is about keep learning off each other and take it game by game. We needed a clean sheet, and we needed a win, and today felt like the perfect moment.
“Our fans were top tonight, they were incredible. An all-round incredible day.”
“I felt we had a real identity out there,” Gibbs-White told TNT Sports (via the BBC). “We defended well and we created so many chances.”
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