Nottingham Forest strengthened their European ambitions with a 1-0 win over Tottenham, whose miserable season took a turn for the worse.

Forest are now 11 points clear of Spurs with the London club losing five of their last eight Premier League games

Anthony Elanga completed a superb Nottingham Forest counter-attack in the 28th minute to settle a contest that Tottenham ended with 10 men.

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

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Report and free match highlights as Nottingham Forest beat Tottenham Hotspur on Boxing Day; Anthony Elanga scored the only goal as Forest now climb into third place in the Premier League

Nottingham Forest continued charting their climb up the Premier League table after they beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on Thursday after a first-half goal from Anthony Elanga. The result moved Forest provisionally up to third with 34 points,

Spurs enjoyed 70.4 per cent of possession but it was Anthony Elanga's goal for Forest which made the difference

White finds a sprinting Anthony Elanga, who coolly tucks away his effort into the Spurs goal to make it 1-0 for Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

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