Anthony Elanga's brace helped Nottingham Forest secure a comfortable 4-2 win at Ipswich Town to move six points clear of Manchester City in the Champions League.
Forest gave their chances of a top-four finish a surprise boost with a last-minute win over City last Saturday and then produced some impressive football at Portman Road, where three goals in six first-half minutes sealed the tie.
After Nikola Milenkovic opened the scoring in the 35th minute, Elanga twice punished Town's weak defence to take his goal tally for the season to five.
Substitute Jota Silva scored Forest's fourth late on, while Jens Cajuste and George Hurst also found the net to leave 18th-placed Ipswich nine points adrift of safety after relegation rivals Wolves beat Southampton on a disappointing day for the Suffolk club.
Forest travelled to Portman Road looking for a third win this season against Town following their recent FA Cup triumph but Omari Hutchinson created a dangerous early opportunity for the hosts when he missed a penalty which he followed up with a curling shot.
Julio Enciso's shot was also unsuccessful, but the visitors gradually began to create attacking opportunities.
A poor pass from Leif Davies created a chance for Elliot Anderson, who fired past team-mate Chris Wood before Callum Hudson-Odoi's cross narrowly missed the target.
Inattention has cost Ipswich time and again this season and another error meant Forest opened the scoring on 35 minutes.
A corner was awarded cheaply after Alex Palmer cleared Cajuste's ball and Town were dealing with the first delivery
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