Nottingham Forest 1 Tottenham 0: Elanga scores winner as Spence red card and Dragusin injury cause chaos for Spurs
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HE would never admit it, but Nuno Espirito Santo must have particularly enjoyed this one. The tight-lipped Portuguese suffered a miserably short spell as Spurs boss back in 2021, getting the sack after just 17 games. But it has been a wholly joyful experience at the City Ground for Nuno, whose victory here over his former side sent Nottingham Forest into third.
![[Anthony Elanga hails his winner for high-riding Forest]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/anthony-elanga-nottingham-forest-celebrates-959907907.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Current Tottenham incumbent Ange Postecoglou, in contrast, had to suffer chants of “You’re getting sacked in the morning” after a ninth league loss of the campaign. That seems premature given the Aussie’s crippling injury list and how his side are faring in the cups.
But many more of these, and you would start to fear for the 59-year-old, who saw Forest old-boy Djed Spence sent off in stoppage time. Having said that, there is no shame in losing to Forest this term - even if Nuno being at the helm is an extra sickener for Spurs fans.
This is the only side to have beaten near-perfect Liverpool this season and who are now on a run of four straight wins in the league. Champions League qualification is becoming less and less of a pipe dream with every passing victory for the former European Cup winners.
Few fans would be expecting it, of course. But they are certainly in the picture, and rightfully so on this evidence, having prevented the league’s top-scorers from netting and moving ELEVEN points above them in the process. Forest looked every bit the hard-to-beat, organised outfit that Nuno has turned them into throughout the game.
