The Nottingham of Nuno Espirito Santo, Great revelation of the season in the Premier League, achieved a very important victory in his visit to Tottenham (1-2) that keeps him with the highest options in the fight for the Champions League squares.
Forest recovers the third place he lost last week and, with 60 points, heads the competitive fight for three places he maintains with Newcastle (59), Manchester City (58), Chelsea (57) and Aston Villa (57) five days from the end of the premier. These last two are out of the Champions League.
Tottenham trusts everything to the Europa League
Instead, the Tottenham of the questioned Ange postcoglou It remains in a disastrous 16th place and affectionate everything to the Europa League, whose semifinals will be measured to the bodo/Glimt.
Nottingham soon applied its devastating efficacy against the fragile defense of Tottenham. Already in minute 4, Morgan Gibbs-White warned By testing Guglielmo Vicar With a chut with a thread that the Italian took out.
Anderson and Wood hit twice
But in the consequent corner the Forest did not forgive. Elliot Anderson collected the defensive rejection and released a chut that He played at Rodrigo Bentancur and surpassed a vicar that did not touch the ball enough to avoid 0-1 (5 ').
Each visiting arrival was synonymous with danger. Chris Wood marked in minute 10 but The goal was canceled by the VAR Being in an advanced position, but, surpassed the quarter of an hour, the New Zealander reincidated and this time the 0-2 did go up the score.
Anthony luna focused from the left and Wood, progressing at the exit of Vicar, headed only to the network (17 '). It is the 19th league goal of the maximum maker of the Premier.
Posttecoglou points to Romero and van de Ven
Postcoglou He pointed to the Cristian Romero and Micky van Den Ven centralsto those who held the goals responsible for replacing them at the break to give entry to Kevin Danso and Ben Davies.
Forest was not only overwhelming in attack but also defended well and only granted a shot to Wilson of Odobert what Matz Sels He sent to Corner (20 ').
The 'Spurs' squeeze
The French end was the most incisive player of Tottenham in search of the goal that put his team again in the game. The 'spurs' came more at the end of the first part and Mathys Tel, After the first visiting defensive error when failing Neco Williams In the clearance, he wasted a clear occasion, since he received alone but broke the ball by sending it out.
Richarlison also ordered Of two opportunities, in the first one he arrived forced to the auction and in the second his chopped header did not find goal by little.
Resists forest
After the break, Tottenham insisted, dominated possession and locked Nottingham, but lacked success in the auction. On the other hand, in one of the Forest approaches in the second part, Wood left Gibbs-White alone, But he failed the 0-3 in the hand in hand with Vicar to Chutar Mal.
Also clear was the opportunity of Tottenham overcome the game time in a header of Dejan kulusevki at the exit of a corner that Harry Toffolo took the same line When the goal was sung.
TOTTENHAM
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NOTTINGHAM
Tottenham: Vicario; Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero (Danso, 46 '), Van De Ven (Ben Davies, 46'), Spence; Bentancur, Kulusevski (Solanke, 67 '), Pape Matar Sarr (Bergval, 81'); Odobert (Brennan Johnson, 67 '), Richarlison, Tel
Nottingham: CELSS; Neco Williams, Milenkovic, Murlo, Toffolo; Nicolás Domínguez (Yates, 58'), Elliot Anderson; Elanga (Morateto, 46'), Gibbs-White (Ramón Sosa, 93'), Danilo (Hudson-Odoi, 58'); Wood (Awoniyi, 76')
Goals: 0-1 Anderson (5′), 0-2 Wood (16′), 1-2 Richarlison (87′)
Arbitrator: Peter Bankes. Yellow to Romero (42 '), Gibbs-White (65'), Yates (89 '), Sels (92'), Toffolo (94 ')
Spectators: 59.314 en El Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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It cannot be said that the 'spurs' will not try. Sels took out with a big hand A header below Richarlison, but the Brazilian put emotion to the final moments by insistence by overcoming the Belgian goal with another perfect stub after good center of Pedro Porro (87′).
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In the end, Forest defended with nails and teeth a 1-2 that reflects the situation of each other: the 'spurs' cannot fall lower and Nottingham continues to challenge the big clubs in their fight to enter the Champions League.
