{"id":10194,"date":"2025-04-22T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/?p=10194"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:56:33","slug":"epl-forest-down-spurs-to-reclaim-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/football-news\/epl-forest-down-spurs-to-reclaim-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Forest Down Spurs to Reclaim 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nottingham Forest reignited their UEFA Champions League hopes with a brilliant 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in London. With this victory, Forest extended their unbeaten Easter Monday Premier League streak to 17 matches (W14, D3) \u2014 a remarkable run that keeps them firmly in third place on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a result that not only delighted the travelling fans but also served as a painful reminder to Spurs of just how far they\u2019ve fallen. The London side, fresh from securing a Europa League semi-final slot, were handed a reality check by a Forest side that showed grit, class, and clinical finishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-Half Fire: Forest Set the Tone Early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The game exploded into life within the first 20 minutes. Spurs, perhaps still basking in their European success, were second-best to everything. Morgan Gibbs-White started it all with a stinging drive that Vicario pushed away. But the danger wasn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the resulting corner, a poor clearance from Pedro Porro fell kindly to Elliot Anderson. His effort from outside the box took a cruel deflection off Rodrigo Bentancur, wrong-footing Vicario and rolling into the net for 1-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minutes later, Anderson turned provider, sending a delightful ball to Chris Wood. Though VAR chalked off the first attempt for a marginal elbow offside, Wood wasn\u2019t done. He rose superbly to nod home from an Anthony Elanga cross to make it 2-0. The Forest fans erupted \u2014 and deservedly so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spurs\u2019 Flat Response: No Bite in Attack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tottenham\u2019s response before half-time was a flurry of half-chances. Mathys Tel misfired and Richarlison’s header drifted wide, typifying a forward line lacking sharpness. Changes were made at the break \u2014 Van de Ven and Romero hooked for Davies and Danso \u2014 but they failed to spark a meaningful comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when opportunities came, Forest stood tall. Gibbs-White could have killed the game after a clever flick-on by Wood, but his effort missed narrowly. At the other end, Toffolo’s stunning goal-line clearance from Kulusevski\u2019s header was a defensive highlight of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richarlison\u2019s Late Consolation Too Little Too Late<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite piling on pressure late in the game, Forest keeper Matz Sels was up to the challenge. He denied Richarlison twice with stunning saves, the second a brilliant fingertip effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the Brazilian finally pulled one back in the 86th minute, rising to meet Porro\u2019s cross, it was nothing more than a consolation. Spurs had left it too late. Forest held on and walked away with all three points \u2014 and perhaps something even more valuable: belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Forest March On \u2013 Spurs Slump Into Unwanted History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The win marked Nottingham Forest\u2019s first league double over Spurs since the 1996\/97 season. Thirty years after finishing third under Frank Clark, they now have a real shot at repeating history with European elite football within touching distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the flip side, Spurs are headed for their first bottom-half Premier League finish since 2007\/08, having lost 17 of their last 21 matches against top-half sides. Their inconsistency continues to haunt them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nottingham Forest reignited their UEFA Champions League hopes with a brilliant 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in London. With this victory, Forest extended their unbeaten Easter Monday Premier League streak to 17 matches (W14, D3) \u2014 a remarkable run that keeps them firmly in third place on the table. It was a result that not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[211,529,118,489,490,212,176,105,38,78,175],"class_list":{"0":"post-10194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football-news","8":"tag-bangbet","9":"tag-bangbet-affiliate","10":"tag-bangbet-bonus","11":"tag-bangbet-daily-cashback","12":"tag-bangbet-epl-bonanza","13":"tag-bangsports","14":"tag-english-premier-league","15":"tag-football-news","16":"tag-kenya","17":"tag-sports-betting-africa","18":"tag-the-2024-2025-english-premier-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10198,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194\/revisions\/10198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}