Nottingham Forest recovered third place in the Premier League with a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in London, making it 17 consecutive high-flight matches played on Monday the invincible Easter (W14, D3).

Local fans would have hoped that the progress of the hosts in the UEFA Europa League semifinal would inspire them. Instead forest They were prevalent in the opening of 20 minutes, taking a commanding lead that could be even greater.

Their space came after Viklielmo extinguished a bright car from Morgan Gibbs-Whitewith the resulting angle from Anthony Luna running out of Porri of Pedro – but only in terms of Elliot Andersonwho fired from the verse and took advantage of the ball by deviating the passing of a vicario with the wrong foot through the respondent Rodrigo Bentancur.

A beginning of dreams then seemed to be sent by paradise in 10 minutes when Anderson played a great ball over the line for Chris Woodenabling him to go to Vicario in the past.

Var showed that he had lost an offside elbow but was only a temporary return to moment.

Spurs’ response was vulnerable but ineffective – they could have scored twice in the two -minute space as half of the time approached but Mathys wire with widespread slices and successor Sent a head off the target, summarizing the difference between the two parties forward.

It was half of the back line of spurs paying the price for that first act of Drab, with Micky van de ves AND Cristian Romero making the way to Ben davies AND Kevin Danso at rest.

There was no immediate change in momentum despite this, and though Tel remained the most alive man for Spurs, Gibbs-White almost finished the game as a race shortly before scoring the clock, finding himself in a goal thanks to Wood’s shooting, but widely shot while under pressure.

Now staring at a double the first league of head -to -head losses since 1996/97, the spurs passed a great chance in the sign three -quarter, Kulusevski i dejaThe head of the viewing seemed to be getting into the posterior post before Harry Toffolo Acrobatically cleaned the ball in the middle middle with half of it already shaking the whitening.

Subsequently, the forest sat somewhat in the remaining minutes, and Sul Twice he broke Richarlison, with the latter saving to be an impressive deviation of the fingers from the head of the Brazilian.

A large end seemed increasingly possible, and Richarlison finally spread for four minutes to pass, as it rose up to run on a long cross from Porro.

Sadly for the spurs, it was very little, too late, and despite that late concentration loss, the forest was of full value for their victory.

Exactly three decades after a famous bronze medal under the descendant of Brian Clough Frank Clark, Forest hopes for eating with the European elite remain alive and well.

Meanwhile, Spurs have now lost a stunning 17 from their last 21 league games against teams starting today in the first half of the table, and they are now practically assured of their first end of the last half since 2007/08.

FlashScore man of the match: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)

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