Key events
74 min Spurs need something to get the crowd going. A goal would be nice but even a near miss or a controversy would help. Right now Forest are cruising.
72 min A cross from Simons drifts harmlessly behind for a goalkick. Forest have controlled the second half; Spurs have been really flat since the break.
71 min Since you asked, these are Spurs’ remaining fixtures.
Sunderland (A)
Brighton (H)
Wolves (A)
Aston Villa (A)
Leeds (H)
Chelsea (A)
Everton (H)
It really, really, really could happen.
70 min: Double substitution for Forest Ryan Yates and Taiwo Awoniyi come on for Igor Jesus and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
67 min: Double substitution for Spurs Ah here he is. Xavi Simons and Randal Kolo Muani replace Richarlison and the limping Mathys Tel.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-0 West Ham (Watkins 68) Ollie Watkins has doubled Aston Villa’s lead, so it looks like Spurs will finish the day outside the relegation zone. We shouoldn’t just talk about them – this would be an outstanding result for Forest, especially on the back of their late night in Belgium on Thursday.
65 min Milenkovic does really well to get in front of Sarr and head Porro’s cross behind for a corner. He and Murillo have been in 2024-25 form today.
64 min Still no sign of Xavi Simons.
63 min The only good news for Spurs is that it’s still Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham at Villa Park. This is the Premier League table as things stand.
Spurs are in desperate bother. Callum Hudson-Odoi did superbly to make the goal. He slowed down to draw Porro towards him, then left him for dead and surged into the area. A precise cutback found Gibbs-White, inexplicably unmarked 10 yards out, and his first-time shot went through the diving Vicario into the net.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-2 Nottm Forest (Gibbs-White 62)
Morgan Gibbs-White, who Spurs were desperate to sign last summer, has made it two!
61 min The half-time changes haven’t really helped Spurs, though the timing of Forest’s goal is probably the biggest factor in their modest second-half performance so far.
59 min A reminder that Spurs haven’t won a Premier League game in 2026. Their record before today was P12 W0 D5 L7 F13 A24 Pts 5.
58 min At the other end, a dangerous inswinging cross from Williams just evades everyone in the middle.
56 min Tel exchanges passes with Udogie and finds Gray in a little bit of space in the D. His first shot is blocked and his second goes skyward.
54 min An optimistic header from Romero, almost 18 yards from goal, drifts well wide.
53 min Sangare is booked for pulling back Romero.
50 min: Good save by Vicario! Anderson swings a terrific ball beyond the far post, where the unmarked Williams forces a stooping header towards goal. Vicario is well-positioned and pushes it away.
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48 min The Sky co-commentator Andy Reid makes the excellent point that Kevin Danso’s long throws are probably the reason Micky van de Ven was substituted ahead of him.
47 min These are the revised teams.
Tottenham Hotspur (4-4-2) Vicario; Porro, Romero, Danso, Udogie; Bergvall, Gray, Sarr, Tel; Richarlison, Solanke.
Nottm Forest (4-2-3-1) Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Sangare, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus.
46 min Forest get the second half under way.
Spurs are making a double substitution at half-time Lucas Bergvall and Destiny Udogie are on for Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven.
“WarGames,” writes Eric Peterson. “Also the story of Ruben Amorim’s assessment of another Joshua – young Mr. Zirkzee – at Manchester United. ‘The only winning move is not to play.’”
Half-time reading
Half time: Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham
John McGinn has scored the only goal in the battle of David Cameron’s favourite team. This is the Premier League table as things stand.
Half time: Tottenham 0-1 Nottm Forest
Interesting, very interesting. Spurs played well for most of the first half, but Forest’s outstanding centre-back pairing of Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic kept them at arm’s length.
Igor Jesus headed Forest ahead against the run of play just before half-time, and there was still time for Matz Sels to deny Mathys Tel with a stunning save.
45+2 min: Tel hits the bar!
What an effort from Mathys Tel, who has been bright all afternoon. He received a square pass 25 yards from goal, turned and whipped an extravagant curler that smacked off the crossbar.
In fact, replays show that Sels got a slight touch with his right hand as he leapt to his left. That’s a sensational save!
The ball rebounded towards Romero, who went down dramatically under challenge from Williams. There was a VAR check for a Spurs penalty but play continues.
45+1 min Two minutes of added time. The scoreline is a bit harsh on Spurs, even if they haven’t had a shot on target.
Williams, on the left curled a big inswinging corner into a crowd of players at the far post. Igor Jesus won it in the air and powered a terrific header back across Vicario. And now Spurs really are in the malodorous stuff.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Nottm Forest (Igor Jesus 45)
Forest land a hammer blow on the stroke of half-time!
45 min Williams’ corner is headed away by Romero. Anderson heads it back into the box and Igor Jesus hooks a speculative looping volley on the turn. Vicario has to backpedal sharply to leap and tip it over.
44 min Forest give themselves a bit of respite by passing the ball around in the middle third for a minute or two. Eventually Gibbs-White makes a good run in behind to win a corner on the left. It’s Forest’s first of the game; Spurs have had eight.
The longer it stays 0-0, the more important the first goal becomes. I mean, obviously.
40 min After a promising start, Forest have been surprisingly poor in possession. I doubt it’s a case of Midtjylland catching up with them; not in the first half of the game.
37 min For all that dominance, a little statbox reminds us that the only shot on target at either end came from Forest’s Omari Hutchinson in the 18th minute.
35 min A succession of corners for Spurs, four or five in as many minutes. No chances eventuaate but they are really on top at the moment.
32 min An inviting inswinging cross from Tel is just too heavy for Richarlison at the far post. Spurs are playing with a notable intensity.
30 min Spurs are having a good spell, with Gray impressive in midfield. Pedro Porro wins another corner with a cross that deflects off Neco Williams’ breadbasket. Okay, down a bit from the breadbasket.
29 min Richarlison flashes a ball right across the face of an open goal, just in front of Solanke. The flag goes up after the event, though it looked close.
27 min “Chances of World War 3 happening are about the same as Spurs getting relegated,” writes Bede Ehiogu. “It’s going to look close, dangerously close, but in the end there’ll be safety.”
That’d be a great follow-up to WarGames.
25 min Van de Ven surges into the area and stumbles over under pressure from Aina. Nothing doing. At worst it was an accidental tangle of legs, or at least that’s how it looked.
23 min Archie Gray needs treatment after being caught painfully on the knee by Sangare. It wasn’t a great challenge: they both made contact with the ball but Sangare caught Gray (who was sliding, with his knee at ground level) with his studs in his follow through.
21 min Aina didn’t get the ball but I’m not sure how much he touched Sarr either. It’s a hard one to read because Sarr went down but then bounced straight to his feet without appealing.
Meanwhile, in Scotland…
20 min Sarr goes over in the area after a risky challenge from Aina. He bounces straight to his feet, even though there are plenty of appeals elsewhere, and Michael Oliver waves play on.
18 min At the other end Hutchinson cuts inside Tel and cracks a low shot that is comfortably held by Vicario, well positioned at the near post.
17 min “I know you’re not covering Villa v West Ham today,” writes Benjamin G, “but could I put this on record, please, since there’s nowhere else yet to place it?
”Tielemans on the bench! He’s nearly back! Praise the effing Lord!”
