Nottingham Forest has cranked up the pressure on their relegation rivals by thrashing Sunderland 5-0 in the Premier League on Friday, moving eight points clear of the drop zone.
Trai Hume's 17th‑minute own goal opened the floodgates, with Chris Wood, Morgan Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus all finding the net in a six-minute first-half burst at the Stadium of Light. Elliot Anderson capped off the win with a goal in stoppage time.
The victory gave Vitor Pereira's 16th-placed Forest -- who are unbeaten in six successive league games -- 39 points with four games to play.
Compounding Sunderland's misery, Dan Ballard's second-half goal was chalked off after VAR determined that Nordi Mukiele tripped goalkeeper Matz Sels.
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