Tottenham Hotspur Set Up Positions In The Top Five After Defeating Nottingham Forest

Striker Richarlison opened Tottenham Hotspur's victory over Nottingham Forest. (X/@SpursOfficial)

Tottenham Hostpur won an important 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League match at City Ground Stadium, Nottingham, Saturday, December 16 in the morning WIB. Tottenham also established its position in the top five standings.

Tottenham maintain a position on the right track for achievement. Especially after Tottenham recorded a convincing victory in the last two matches.

After beating Newcastle United 4-1, Tottenham then beat Nottingham Forest. Victory is even more meaningful because they won at home to the opponent.

The additional three points confirmed the position of the North London club in the top five of the standings. They are in fifth position with 33. Similar to Manchester City, but Tottenham still lost the goal difference. This is what makes Tottenham unable to enter the Champions League zone.

Meanwhile, Forest is still struggling at the bottom. The defeat left them stuck in 16th place with 14. Forest, at least, still five points ahead of the team in the relegation zone.

In that match, Tottenham had a hard time playing Forest's decisive game. Despite winning the possession ball, several chances The Lilywhites failed to convert into goals.

Tottenham's patience finally gave a positive result when striker Richarlison's header broke the deadlock with first-half injury time.

The Brazilian national team striker won an aerial duel with Willy Boly while welcoming the ball from Dejan Kulusevski in the 45+2 minute. His goal made Tottenham close the first half with a 1-0 advantage.

Entering the second half, Forest tried to get up and put pressure on Tottenham's defense. Although still lost in possession, Forest occasionally threatened the visitors' goal.

The hosts' efforts almost paid off when forward Anthony Elanga broke into Tottenham's goal in the 58th minute.

Only, the goal was later disallowed. After the referee inspected via VAR, the former Manchester United player was judged to be in an offside position so that his goal was canceled.

Son Heung-min et al returned to play attacking to increase their advantage. Their offensive game again forced Forest to defend.

As a result, Tottenham increased their lead in the 65th minute. This time, Kulusevski, who broke into the opponent's goal after taking advantage of the mistakes made by goalkeeper Matt Turner.

Not long ago or in the 70th minute, Tottenham, who was already 2-0 ahead, even lost a player following the violations committed by midfielder Yves Bissouma.

Referee Jarred Gillett (Australia) had canceled giving the card before he reviewed the incident via VAR.

As a result, Gillet again issued a second yellow card for Bissouma which was followed by a red card. The referee's decision had received strong protests from Tottenham players. But the referee remained in his decision.

Despite playing with 10 people, Tottenham can still maintain their lead. The 2-0 score for Ange Postecoglou's team did not change until the end of the match.