Nottingham Forest beat Tottenham 2-1 on Monday (April 21, 2025) to move into third place within the Premier League and deepen the gloom at White Hart Lane.
Forest was medical in entrance of objective and 2-0 up inside 16 minutes towards a workforce that confirmed lots of the similar failings which have dogged all of it season.
Elliot Anderson’s deflected shot bagged the opener after 5 minutes and Chris Wood added a second with a header 11 minutes later. Between the 2, Wood had a objective chalked off for offside.
Although Spurs managed possession within the second half it took it till the 87th minute to rating, when Richarlison netted a header.
The outcome was one other disappointing one for Spurs followers, who booed their workforce off on the remaining whistle.
Although Ange Postecoglou has guided the workforce to a Europa League semifinal, Monday’s defeat was its 18th in 33 Premier League video games and left it in sixteenth place.
Forest above Man City, Chelsea
For Forest, in the meantime, it was a return to successful methods after defeats by Everton and Aston Villa.
In third place, it was one level above Newcastle, two above Manchester City and three above Chelsea and Aston Villa.
They shall be joined within the high tier subsequent season by Leeds United and Burnley, each of which assured spots within the Premier League with wins.
Leeds beat Stoke City 6-0 and Burnley beat Sheffield United 2-1 to open unassailable leads within the second-tier Championship with solely two video games remaining.
The high two acquire automated promotion and the following 4 go into the playoffs for the final remaining spot.
The victories guarantee one other two U.S.-owned golf equipment will benefit from the estimated income uplift of round $180 million that comes with a spot in England’s high tier.
Leeds is owned by the San Francisco-based 49ers Enterprises group, members of whom embody American golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. Red Bull, the power drink firm whose different soccer pursuits embody proudly owning Leipzig in Germany, purchased a minority stake within the membership final May.
Burnley, in the meantime, has been majority-owned since 2020 by the ALK Capita funding group. The New York group is fronted by U.S. businessman Alan Pace and counts former NFL star J.J. Watts as a notable shareholder.
Third-placed Sheffield United and fourth-placed Sunderland are assured two of the 4 playoff spots and Bristol City and Coventry City are in pole place to be a part of them.
Josh Brownhill scored each of Burnley’s targets in entrance of 21,000 followers at Turf Moor, whereas Dutch striker Joel Piroe was the star for Leeds, scoring 4 targets in a blistering first half.
Published – April 22, 2025 11:20 am IST
