Instant impact for Pereira on night to remember for Forest

For a dressing room worn down by Dyche's caution and still trying to gather their heads over a season that was threatening to spiral out of control, Pereira's man-management skills can be key.

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It was notable how he put a consoling arm around unused substitute Dilane Bakwa a player whose confidence has looked shot to pieces - at the end.

Instant impact

Pereira might have played down the difference he had been able to make in a short period of time but some changes were obvious. His fingerprints were even all over the warm-up.

Set-pieces have been a problem for Forest this term. With that in mind, they used some of their allotted time pre-match to work on their defensive shape and tactics from deadball situations.

In the event, they were not greatly tested on that front. They did score from one of their own corners, though, with Jesus heading in the second of the evening after Gibbs-White had flicked on Elliot Anderson's ball in.