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Premier League relegation battle: Is it between West Ham and Spurs after Forest win?
Nottingham Forest stunned Sunderland with a sensational 5-0 win on Friday to put some serious distance between themselves and the bottom three.
It moved Vitor Pereira's side on to 39 points, eight clear of 18th-placed Tottenham and six clear of 17th-placed West Ham.
It is 15 years since a team was last relegated from the Premier League with 39 points.
So, with Forest unbeaten in eight games in all competitions, is it time to call the battle to avoid the Premier League's final relegation spot a two-horse race?
Premier League: Nottm Forest thump Sunderland 5-0 to edge towards safety – reaction
Forest boss Pereira was quick to tell BBC Match of the Day that his side's tally "isn't enough" to stay up quite yet.
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Vítor Pereira had promised Nottingham Forest would approach this assignment with a “Champions League mentality” and his players did not disappoint him.
A fabulous attacking performance featuring four different scorers (plus an own goal) and a clean sheet not merely succeeded in denting a shell-shocked Sunderland’s European ambitions but also lifted 16th-placed Forest to 39 points.
That is within touching distance of safety and given Pereira’s team are now six points clear of West Ham and eight in front of Tottenham, the struggle to avoid the final relegation place is surely between the London clubs now. A magical evening for Forest fans will have prompted sleepless nights in north and east London.
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‘Unbelievable’ five-goal drubbing heaps pressure on Spurs in two-horse relegation race
Nottingham Forest smashed Sunderland 5-0 on Saturday morning AEDT to pull eight points clear of the Premier League relegation zone, heaping extra pressure on struggling Tottenham.
The stunning result at the Stadium of Light effectively turns the battle to avoid the final relegation spot into a two-horse race between Spurs and West Ham, with Wolves and Burnley already doomed.
Vitor Pereira’s Forest have found a rich vein of form at just the right time and are now unbeaten in six league games.
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