{"id":490287,"date":"2026-03-23T03:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490287\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T03:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:27:12","slug":"pereira-calls-on-forest-players-to-keep-feeling-like-champions-after-spurs-rout-tottenham-hotspur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490287\/","title":{"rendered":"Pereira calls on Forest players to keep \u2018feeling like champions\u2019 after Spurs rout | Tottenham Hotspur"},"content":{"rendered":"

V\u00edtor Pereira wants his Nottingham Forest players to carry the feeling of \u201cchampions\u201d after triumphing 3-0 at Tottenham<\/a> but warned his squad victory does not ensure their Premier League status. The Forest head coach said his players should take confidence from damaging a direct rival\u2019s hopes of staying up but stressed they must avoid complacency.<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019s assistant coach, Bruno Saltor, acknowledged his players cracked under the \u201cweight of the game\u201d. Saltor was on post-match duties after their head coach, Igor Tudor, was informed of a family bereavement after the defeat. With three weeks until Tottenham \u2013 who are now the only Premier League side without a victory this calendar year \u2013 travel to Sunderland for their next league game, Tudor\u2019s future is in serious jeopardy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you win a game, you get confidence,\u201d Pereira said. \u201cWhen you come here and you win 3-0, a clean sheet, of course it is something important for confidence. \u2018We can, we can, we can.\u2019 The big mistake is thinking that we came here and won and then the next game: \u2018We won the [last] game.\u2019 We have seven more games to win. We need to keep the mentality and the team spirit playing as a fighter, feeling like champions inside of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forest have struggled for goals this season, particularly at home, but had no such problem in north London. \u201cWe cannot create a monster in our minds because sometimes we create one chance and score a goal. It is good for belief because we need to believe in ourselves. It is not about Tottenham, about West Ham, about Leeds, it is about us. It is about what we want for next season. We are alive, we are committed and we are ready to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saltor acknowledged Spurs faded in the second half. The Spaniard insisted the Spurs coaching staff believe they will be afforded the opportunity to turn things around, adding: \u201cWe feel the support from everyone at the club and we\u2019re just focusing on how we can help players. A lot of players are leaving for the internationals and as soon as they get back, get back on the train, we will get everyone up to speed and prepare for the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n

V\u00edtor Pereira says his Nottingham Forest team are \u2018ready to fight\u2019 to preserve their Premier League status. Photograph: Michael Zemanek\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Pereira said Gibbs-White\u2019s performance showed why Thomas Tuchel should not have overlooked the midfielder for his 35-man England squad last week. \u201cHe deserved the national team but it\u2019s not my decision,\u201d Pereira said. \u201c[He is] at this moment a little bit sad and disappointed but these are the moments in our lives when we need to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gibbs-White, who scored Forest\u2019s second goal and was the subject of serious interest from Tottenham last summer, said: \u201cIt\u2019s an absolutely huge result. There was a lot of worry going into this game and about the [potential] outcome. But the boys were incredible and we defended with our lives today. I am delighted because the win creates some gap now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"V\u00edtor Pereira wants his Nottingham Forest players to carry the feeling of \u201cchampions\u201d after triumphing 3-0 at Tottenham…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-490287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}