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

Forest are embracing the fight for UCL places - Nuno

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.

Follow all of the latest from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with our live blog below:

Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest LIVE

• Nottingham Forest win at Tottenham to go third in Premier League
• '86 GOAL! Tottenham claw one back through Richarlison header [TOT 1-2 NFO]
• '56 CHANCE! Gibbs-White strike drifts wide as Forest look to hit Spurs on the counter [TOT 0-2 NFO]
• '17 GOAL! Wood thumps in header to double Forest's lead [TOT 0-2 NFO]
• '10 GOAL DISALLOWED! Spurs avoid going two goals down in opening ten minutes as Wood strike ruled offside [TOT 0-1 NFO]
• '5 GOAL! Elliot Anderson volleys in early goal to put visitors in front

[21 April 2025 20:16 · Flo Clifford]

Tottenham 0-1 Nottingham Forest

14 mins: The hosts now look to get back into this game, having made a decent start but been completely bamboozled with that early Forest goal. Porro shoots from range.

Spurs win a corner and Tel is in space to nod in, but it’s blocked.

[21 April 2025 20:13 · Flo Clifford]

DISALLOWED! Tottenham 0-1 Nottingham Forest

11 mins: Spurs are let off the hook as Wood was an arm offside, according to the semi-automated tech.

[21 April 2025 20:12 · Flo Clifford]

GOAL! Tottenham 0-2 Nottingham Forest

10 mins: Anderson has been an absolute livewire and now tees up another goal, booting the ball forward to Wood, who pokes it past Vicario at close range. The keeper really should have got to that.

Check for offside...

[21 April 2025 20:11 · Flo Clifford]

Tottenham 0-1 Nottingham Forest

9 mins: Forest are up to third as it stands. That’s just a second Premier League goal this season for Anderson, although the deflection off Bentancur was a big help, disrupting Vicario’s rhythm.

They continue to press, with Elanga looking lively, but his move is snuffed out.

[21 April 2025 20:07 · Flo Clifford]

GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Nottingham Forest

5 mins: Incredible start for the visitors!

Forest take a corner, it’s headed out to Anderson just outside the box and he smashes it goalward. It takes a hefty deflection off Bentancur and Vicario can’t keep it out.

[21 April 2025 20:06 · Flo Clifford]

SAVE! Tottenham 0-0 Nottingham Forest

4 mins: Milenkovic grapples with Richarlison with the ball nowhere near either of them, the Serbian just making his presence known early doors.

Vicario has to make an early save! Gibbs-White takes a touch and fires off a curling right-footed shot, with the keeper diving to his left to palm it away.

[21 April 2025 20:04 · Flo Clifford]

Tottenham 0-0 Nottingham Forest

2 mins: Tottenham are on the front foot early on. Spence shows off some nice footwork against the club he impressed on loan for, pulling it back as the hosts press forward.

Tel wins the ball back immediately after conceding it in the Forest box and has an early attempt, but it’s a bit tame and deflected. Now Sarr whips in a cross but there’s too much on it. Good start.

[21 April 2025 20:02 · Flo Clifford]

KICK-OFF: Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest

We’re underway!

[21 April 2025 19:57 · Flo Clifford]

Team news

Quick reminder of how we line up tonight:

Tottenham XI: Vicario, Pedro Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Spence, Sarr, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Odobert, Richarlison, Tel.

Substitutes: Kinsky, Danso, Davies, Gray, Bissouma, Bergvall, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Toffolo, Dominguez, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Elanga, Danilo, Wood.

Substitutes: Miguel, Morato, Sangare, Awoniyi, Hudson-Odoi, Moreno, Yates, Sosa, Abbott.

[21 April 2025 12:18 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest LIVE

A very good afternoon and welcome to The Independent’s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Tottenham and Nottingham Forest. The good news for Spurs is that their safety has been officially confirmed after Saturday and Sunday’s results - not that 16th spot looks a particularly pretty place for the Europa League semi-finalists to be.

It’s a tricky home test for Ange Postecoglou’s side tonight as they welcome a Forest side in need of a win to restore their Champions League hopes after slipping out of the top five. Kick off is at 8pm BST.