Vitor Pereira enjoyed a dream start to his Nottingham Forest reign as his new side put one foot in the last 16 of the Europa League with a 3-0 romp at Fenerbahce.
Pereira was taking charge of Forest for the first time after he became their fourth manager of a chaotic season and it could not have gone better as they took a decisive lead in the play-off round first leg in Istanbul.
Goals from Murillo, Igor Jesus and Morgan Gibbs-White made it a memorable night for Forest as life after Sean Dyche began in freescoring fashion.
The victory means that, barring a disaster in next week's second leg at the City Ground, Forest will earn a last-16 tie against Real Betis or Midtjylland.
Pereira's main brief in his new role is to ensure Forest retain their Premier League status and this performance should give confidence going into Sunday's home game with Liverpool.
