Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Visitors withstand late barrage to move back into Champions League spots
Tottenham 1-2 Nottingham Forest: Visitors soar back into Champions League spots as they condemn Spurs to a record eighth home loss this season
Nottingham Forest climbed back into the Champions League places with a hard-fought 2-1 win over struggling Tottenham Hotspur, withstanding a late barrage of pressure and an 86th-minute goal to move back up to third.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have been the Premier League’s surprise package in this campaign but have had their chances of a top-five finish imperilled by consecutive league defeats.
But they got their campaign back on track courtesy of an early double, with midfielder Elliot Anderson scoring just his second Premier League goal of the season in the opening five minutes, before Chris Wood ended a seven-game scoring drought with a thumping header 12 minutes later.
And it was back down to earth for Spurs after their Europa League quarter-final heroics against Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek.
Richarlison’s header late in the second half denied Forest keeper Matz Sels a 14th clean sheet of the season, but wasn’t enough to improve their standing in the top flight as they sank to a record eighth home loss of the season and remain 16th.
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Focus back on Europe
An 18th league defeat this season means Tottenham’s dismal league form continues.
Bodo/Glimt represent a winnable Europa League semi-final for the north London club, but you’d imagine the Norwegian side will feel bolstered by this performance.
FA Cup semi-final up next
Man City and Aston Villa play tonight and both will have had a keen eye on this result, with the pressure back on them for top five.
City are fourth on 58 points and Villa seventh on 57. Tight at the top.
Up next for Forest is their FA Cup semi-final... against Man City.
How the table looks
Three points for Nottingham Forest takes them up to 60 and third in the table.
Spurs remain 16th, one point ahead of West Ham in 17th and one behind Everton, Manchester United and Wolves above them.
FULL-TIME: Tottenham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Forest are back up to third, and the celebrations show how much that means!
Spurs are booed by the home fans.
FULL-TIME: Tottenham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
90+6 mins: Another Forest free-kick at the corner flag, Bergvall shoves Awoniyi over, and that’s it!
Tottenham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
90+6 mins: Sosa darts forward, it falls to Awoniyi, who runs to the corner and wins a free-kick. Time running out for Spurs.
Tottenham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
90+5 mins: Free-kick to Tottenham for that Toffolo foul; Porro whips it in but eventually Milenkovic heads away. Williams gets the better of Tel on the left.
It’s tense in here.
Porro goes down clutching his left boot, but doesn’t win a free-kick.
Tottenham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
90+4 mins: Final change for Forest: Gibbs-White is replaced by Ramon Sosa.
Hudson-Odoi cuts inside and passes back to Milenkovic; the ball works its way forward but Vicario comes off his line to punt forward.
Toffolo gets booked for hauling down Johnson.
Tottenham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
90 mins: Tel shoots from range, it’s cleared but not far enough by Milenkovic, and Davies wastes another shot, blasting over the bar.
No 14th clean sheet of the season for Sels, whatever happens now, although he still leads the top flight standings.
Huge roar from the crowd as five minutes are added on!
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