Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “Five goals, a clean sheet, I’m very happy the players, the supporters, the club and the staff. We deserve it because we played a fantastic first half. Congratulations to the people who do the set plays, they did a great job today. Recover, enjoy just a little bit and be ready for the next challenge.
“We decided to come here and press them because we are fighting for our life. When we are fighting we feel the need to do something, not to wait, we decided to press them and we did it very well and the fantastic goals from set plays.
“The second half was a bit different. Some injuries, some yellow cards, and with yellow cards you cannot be so aggressive on the ball. In the end one more goal, we did not concede, I am happy of course.”
On Elliot Anderson’s goal: “He makes part of our family. This is the moment to be with him, to support him, to help him every day. He is a fantastic player with a strong, strong character. He is a fighter, a winner and he proved today again he deserves everything.”
On Chris Wood’s goal: “A fantastic striker. He knows everything about the game. How to hold the ball, how to assist, how to score, how to press, everything. He helped in the defensive set plays. He is a striker who can do everything.
“Morgan [Gibbs-White] also had a fantastic game, Igor [Jesus], Omari [Hutchinson], the defenders, the midfielders too. The speed that we showed, even from the bench, when we do the subs we kept the spirit.”
On being eight points clear from the drop zone: “It isn’t enough. We need more points, we need to win more games and we need to keep our mentality.”
Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson speaking to Sky Sports: “We are on a good run at the minute. It’s taken a while but we fully believe in ourselves. The manager is right behind us and we are enjoying it.”
On Chris Wood’s return to the goals: “It’s good to have him back and for him to score. I was speaking to him the other day and he said when you come back from injury and score you get huge confidence, so I’m really happy for him.
On his goal: “Really happy with it, and really happy to score here as well. I just know that my Mum would have been really proud with that one so I’m happy.
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