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Tottenham Hotspur have failed to win in their last 13 games in the Premier League, their longest winless streak in the competition.
Morgan Gibbs-White has scored nine goals in the Premier League this season (one in this game), more than any other Nottingham Forest player.
Nottingham Forest have scored three goals in the Premier League game for the first time since 14th December 2025, also against Tottenham Hotspur (W3-0).
Highlights
Analysis
Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels produced a standout performance, with three saves and a clean sheet for his side.
Match report
A pre-game rallying cry from Cristian Romero did little to get Spurs on the front foot in the early stages of this seismic clash, as it was Forest who settled quickest.
It didn’t take too long for the pendulum to swing in Tottenham’s favour, and they manufactured the game’s first real opportunity when Mathys Tel’s corner was met by Richarlison, whose header flashed across the face of goal and behind.
The hosts came even closer moments later, albeit with a huge stroke of fortune, as Igor Jesus headed Kevin Danso’s long throw against his own post.
Spurs kept up the pressure for the majority of the first half, yet in a game that had an air of must-not-lose rather than must-win, chances were at a premium.
That was a quest that went up in smoke on the stroke of HT, though, when Forest hit Spurs with a sucker punch.
There was an element of simplicity about how Jesus opened the scoring, climbing highest at the far post to head Neco Williams’ corner back across goal and into the far corner, leaving Spurs boss Igor Tudor plenty to ponder at HT.
Provider almost turned scorer within 10 minutes of the restart when Williams was left in acres of space at the far post to meet Elliot Anderson’s delivery, but his header was powered straight at Guglielmo Vicario.
Nerves were certainly growing inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and those soon turned to despair when the hosts found themselves two goals behind.
Callum Hudson-Odoi did the heavy lifting in the build-up, dancing his way to the byline before cutting the ball back for one-time Tottenham target Morgan Gibbs-White to sweep home from six yards.
Spurs never overly threatened to get back into the game, with a stinging volley from Pape Matar Sarr, which was well blocked by Ibrahim Sangaré, about as close as they came to salvaging a crumb of pride.
West Ham United losing against Aston Villa at least spared Tudor’s men the ignominy of dropping into the bottom three today, but Forest adding a third in the dying moments through Taiwo Awoniyi, who turned home Williams’ delivery, prompted a mass exodus and a chorus of boos at FT, making it increasingly difficult to see how Tudor survives this defeat.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest)
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Post-match comments
Spurs boss Igor Tudor was informed of a family bereavement after the match and did not speak to the media. Assistant coach Bruno Saltor took his place and told BBC Sport:
"Every mistake right now is going against us, every detail is going against us and it affects the players.
"You can see how much they are fighting. We are in a difficult situation, everyone knows. In the first half, we were the better team and need to be consistent with that.
"It hurts us, it is painful, but the fans were outstanding today - from before the game until the end of the game."
Nottingham Forest manager Vitor Pereira was delighted with the win:
"After 20 minutes, we started to lose a lot of balls, duels, first and second balls, a lot of crosses on our box and free-kicks," he said to BBC Sport.
"We suffered until half-time. Second half, I asked them to be themselves, play with the ball, and for sure something will happen.
"I'm very happy for them, they played the second half with personality and organisation."