Nottingham Forest edge Tottenham in vital relegation showdown
· Yahoo Sports
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
Forest bossed possession early on, but the hosts were presented with the game’s first chance when Richarlison met Mathys Tel’s corner, but he headed wide before Igor Jesus flicked Kevin Danso’s long throw off the crossbar.
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The Tricky Trees responded to absorb Spurs’ early pressure as Omari Hutchinson was found on the break, but his strike was comfortably gathered by Guglielmo Vicario.
On the stroke of halftime, Jesus broke the deadlock after he met Nico Williams’ corner at the back post.
Minutes later, Spurs almost responded immediately as Tel looked to curl his effort into the top corner, but Matz Selz parried his effort away.
Five minutes after the restart, the visitors could’ve doubled their lead after Williams met Elliot Anderson’s cross at the back post, but his header was kept out by Vicario.
Just past the hour mark, Morgan Gibbs-White doubled the Tricky Trees’ advantage after he was found by Callum Hudson-Odoi’s cut-back pass to finish past Vicario.
At the other end, Pape Matar Sarr could’ve pulled one back for the Lilywhites, but his first-time volley took a weak deflection off Ibrahim Sangare and flew just wide.
In the 88th minute, Taiwo Awoniyi completed the scoring after he volleyed home Williams’ cross.
Moments later, Sels made sure to preserve the visitors’ clean sheet as he denied Dominic Solanke from a corner before Randal Kolo Muani blasted over the rebound.
The defeat extends Tottenham’s winless run in the league to 13 games, and they are one point above the drop zone, while Forest sit 16th, two points above Spurs.