Nottingham Forest continued their problem for a Premier League top-four spot as Anthony Elanga‘s first-half purpose secured a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur to place them third on Thursday.
Elanga accomplished an excellent Forest counter-attack within the twenty eighth minute to settle a contest that Tottenham ended with 10 males after former Forest participant Djed Spence was despatched off.
The end result moved Forest provisionally as much as third with 34 factors, whereas Tottenham’s fourth defeat in 5 Premier League video games left them in eleventh with 23 factors after 18 video games.
Tottenham had edged the opening exchanges with former Forest winger Brennan Johnson going shut for the guests however the hosts struck in devastating vogue.
When Tottenham misplaced possession on the sting of the Forest space, the ball was performed to Morgan Gibbs-White who cut up the visiting defence with an excellent go and Elanga beat goalkeeper Fraser Forster with a deft end.
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It was sufficient for Forest to win a 3rd successive top-flight sport for the primary time since 1995 and was particularly candy for supervisor Nuno Espirito Santo, who was sacked by Tottenham three years in the past.
Forest have extra factors than they managed in the entire of final season once they flirted with relegation.
Tottenham are 11 factors behind Forest and strain is certain to mount on supervisor Ange Postecoglou.
His aspect had probabilities earlier than the break with Matz Sels twice denying Johnson and Son Heung-min hitting the side-netting with a free kick shortly earlier than the interval.
Tottenham had been toothless after the break although and their frustration was summed up when Spence was proven a second yellow card deep in stoppage time.
