Nottingham Forest thrashed Burnley 4-1 at the City Ground to move five points clear of the relegation zone in the Premier League.
Morgan Gibbs-White scored a stunning hat-trick in 15 minutes, with Igor Jesus sealing the victory with just a couple of minutes of stoppage time remaining.
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Vitor Pereira was delighted to see his team come from a goal behind at the interval, and after the contest, much has been made of the performance put in by Gibbs-White.
Tim Sherwood was bitter towards Gibbs-White, but now, Troy Deeney has delivered an emphatic verdict on the performance of the Forest number 10.
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Troy Deeney names Morgan Gibbs-White in Team of the Week
The Forest attacker has been in fine form this season, and he’s now up to 20 goal contributions for the season in all competitions.
Gibbs-White was named in the Team of the Week by Deeney and he delivered a brilliant response when picking him in his selection for the week.
He told BBC Sport: “Very simple, you score a hat-trick – even if it is against Burnley – you’re in the team of the week. Captain’s performance. That’s all that matters.”
Gibbs-White will now hope to stay on the goal trail between now and the end of the season with Forest chasing Premier League survival and European glory.
The Reds have a five-point gap on Tottenham in 18th place and with Forest facing Sunderland on Friday night this weekend, there really is a big chance to kick on.
Gibbs-White is very much the talisman at the City Ground and he can now finish the job and lead his team to safety in the final month of the season.
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