Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur is back in business. The win against Newcastle United this Friday spurred the ‘Spurs’, and the inertia, in the form of goals from Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski, took Nottingham Forest ahead to get back into the fight for the League places. Champions (0-2).
The goal from the Brazilian, who has three goals in two games, and Kulusevski led to Tottenham’s victory at the City Ground, despite the fact that they had to play the last twenty minutes with one less player due to the expulsion of Yves Bissouma.
Tottenham, who had just beaten Newcastle with their minds elsewhere, once again displayed offensive football with which to defeat Forest, who were not very daring in attack.
Heung-min Son’s chances in the first minutes, thwarted by Matt Turner, a former Arsenal player, were followed by a header from Ben Davies that went high and confirmed that Tottenham, despite playing away from home, looked as owner of the meeting.
Even so, the Postecoglou team had to wait until injury time to capture that superiority on the electronic. With a great closed cross, Kulusevski found the head of Richarlison, who combed the ball and took another step towards definitively recovering his nose for goal. For the first time since he has been at Tottenham, the Brazilian scores in two consecutive games.
The ‘Spurs’ thought they had everything under control, especially when Kulusevski picked up a gift from Turner, who made a mistake at the start, faced the defender, showed him the way out with his left foot, went to the right and shot the American goalkeeper.
With twenty minutes left, the match was settled, but Bissouma gave it excitement. The midfielder took Ryan Yates’ tibia with the sole of his foot and although the referee, Jarred Gillett, initially showed him yellow, the review advised red and Mali went out.
This gave wings to Forest, who had already scored in the second half a goal disallowed by Anthony Elanga for offside, but their attempts were unsuccessful, especially due to a save by Vicario that prevented 1-2 from a corner and a shot. that went to the post in the last minute, and did not manage to reduce or disturb the victory of the ‘Spurs’.
With this result, Tottenham remains fifth, opening a gap with Manchester United, which is six points away, and remains level with Manchester City, fourth in Champions League positions.
Forest is in a more delicate position, with fourteen points, five above relegation, and with doubts about the continuity of Steve Cooper, who could be living out his last days in Nottingham.
2023-12-16 07:02:32
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