Nottingham Forest climb to 3rd after win over faltering Spurs
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Nottingham Forest climbed to third place after a 1-0 win against spluttering Tottenham at the City Ground on Boxing Day.
Forest went ahead in the 28th minute when Anthony Elanga raced onto Morgan Gibbs-White's pass and stroke a composed finish past Fraser Forster.
Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo had just 17 games in charge of Tottenham before being sacked in 2021.
But Forest's fourth successive win was sweet revenge for Nuno, whose former club had Djed Spence sent off in the closing moments for a second booking.
Tottenham are stuck in 11th place as the pressure mounts on boss Ange Postecoglou.
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