Vitor Pereira says Forest followed his plea to play ‘Champions League’ football

SportFootballVitor Pereira says Forest followed his plea to play ‘Champions League’ footballThe Portuguese insists his club is not safe yet.Damian Spellman Friday 24 April 2026 23:34 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"808f6ce5-2ff4-4720-98bf-c749caaf84ea","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/vitor-pereira-premier-league-champions-league-nottingham-forest-portuguese-b2964716.html","title":"Vitor Pereira says Forest followed his plea to play ‘Champions League’ football"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-36798","index":0}Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira was a happy man after seeing his side romp to a 5-0 Premier League win at Sunderland (Richard Sellers/PA) (PA Wire)Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of sportGet our free Inside Sport newsletterGet our free Inside Sport newsletterEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Inside_Sport_CDP","regTitle":"Inside Sport","subscriptionGroup":"inside_sport","subscriptionGroupId":"9cec95c5-a973-40ac-9b05-03d636c07853","type":"sport","pathPrefix":["/sport","/f1"],"associatedAuthors":["Lawrence Ostlere","Kieran Jackson"],"title":"Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of sport","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Sport newsletter","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/InsideSport1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideSportNews","regSourceSection":"Football","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}Vitor Pereira challenged Nottingham Forest to play “Champions League” football before...