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The reports are in, which means that\u2019s all from me. Thanks for your company and comments \u2013 sorry I couldn\u2019t use them all \u2013 and for bearing with me technical issues. Do join Rob for Chelsea v Man City, and Scott for the final round of the Masters, but otherwise, peace out.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Share<\/a>Share<\/a>Share<\/a>Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n On which point, there\u2019s only a goal of goal difference between the sides, Spurs on -11 against Forest\u2019s -12. Things could get even tighter than they are now, and it\u2019s also worth noting Vitor Pereira\u2019s men are, until Thursday night at least, still in Europe.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Scanning those, I think West Ham will be OK \u2013 they can win a couple of those games, at least. Forest, meantime, must beat Burnley at the weekend and, if they do, will have a great chance \u2013 especially as Brighton have four wins and a draw in their last five. I can see Spurs beating Leeds and Everton, if I squint hard, but should Forest win next weekend they\u2019ll probably need one more victory, and I\u2019d not back them away against anyone.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest: Burnley (h), Sunderland (a), Chelsea (a), Newcastle (h), Man United (a).<\/p>\n West Ham United: Palace (a), Everton (h), Brentford (a), Arsenal (h), Newcastle (a), Leeds (h).<\/p>\n Tottenham Hotspur: Brighton (h), Wolves (a), Villa (a), Leeds (h), Chelsea (a), Everton (h).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.13 EDT<\/p>\n Spurs are deep in the brown, ill-smelling stuff; I\u2019d say that, for the first time, them going down looks the likeliest outcome. Let\u2019s have a look at the games to come\u2026<\/p>\n Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi. Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.26 EDT<\/p>\n Also going on:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Premier League<\/a> table<\/p>\n Photograph: GuardianShare<\/a>FULL TIME: Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n When you\u2019re down, life kicks you, and Mukiele\u2019s deflected shot is enough to keep Spurs in the bottom three, without a league win in 2026. With six games to go, they\u2019re two points away from safety.<\/p>\n Sunderland players celebrate after the match. Photograph: Lee Smith\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.10 EDT<\/p>\n We\u2019re over time now, and it\u2019s nearly 14 league games without a win for Spurs, who are subsiding to relegatioin.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sunderland give it away and Spurs cross from the right, but to no one; with a minute left, Sunderland are almost there, and when Porro crosses seconds later, the flag goes up.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>FULL TIME: Crystal Palace 2-1 Newcastle United<\/p>\n Big trouble for Eddie Howe.<\/p>\n Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace Photograph: Sebastian Frej\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.17 EDT<\/p>\n \u201cAny Spurs manager who doesn\u2019t start Xavi Simons is setting themselves up to fail,\u201d says Joshua Keeling. \u201cHe is their one high-class creative talent, in a team that consistently struggles to make chances.\u201d<\/p>\n Broadly, I\u2019d agree with that. Their best moments, such that there\u2019ve been any of late, seem to come through him. We said at the start we couldn\u2019t see how they\u2019d conjure scoring opportunities, and they\u2019ve struggled to so to throughout this game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-1 Newcastle United (Mateta pen)<\/p>\n Mateta only came on after 65 minutes, but he\u2019s scored twice and looks to have won the points for his team. Newcastle are struggling to make Europe now, 14th behind Palace on goal difference if the score stays the same.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>PENALTY TO PALACE WITH A MINUTE LEFT OF INJURY TIME!<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure how it happened, but Mateta will take\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a>FULL TIME: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa<\/p>\n Forest move three points away from Spurs and one clear of West Ham in a game they might\u2019ve lost; a win over Burnley in their next league game, and they\u2019ll feel pretty confident of surviving.<\/p>\n Photograph: Andrew Boyers\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.18 EDT<\/p>\n Sunderland clear the corner, but they\u2019re pinned back niw, looking to see out the 1-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Spurs win a free-kick near the by-line and Porro teases it in, but Roefs is there to catch \u2026 except he bungles the effort, doing well to see the ball go over the bar for a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019re playing the second of four additional minutes at City Ground; at Sunderland, it\u2019s the first of 11.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMy stance,\u201d says Zach Neeley of Brobbey\u2019s push, \u201cis that if you engage in a bit of the dark arts and it ends up injuring the other player (see Sergio Ramos on Salah in the Champions League final) that\u2019s on you, the fact that you \u2018didn\u2019t mean to hurt anyone\u2019 is valid but the injury is still your fault.\u201d<\/p>\n In law, they call this the thin skull rule<\/a>; I guess I tend to listen to the pros in these situations, as they understand them better than I do and, for what its worth, Don Goodman didn\u2019t see much amiss. Football is a contact sport, the whereabouts of the lines are unclear, and if there\u2019s no wild action or malign intent, which there wasn\u2019t, I\u2019d have a hard time blaming the player.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle United (Mateta 80)<\/p>\n Mitchell, today becoming the youngest man to make 200 appearances for Palace, clips a cut-back on to Mateta\u2019s head and the finish is deft, across Ramsdale and into the net.<\/p>\n Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace celebrates with the fans. Photograph: Eddie Keogh\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.55 EDT<\/p>\n Villa have been the better team in Nottingham, especially in the second half, and when Tielemans collects a cross, he opts not to have a swift swat with his left foot, instead seeking a better opportunity only for the ball to run away from him. But they soon fashion a further shooting opportunity, Cash\u2019s effort tipped behind, and the corner causes minor panic before the ball bounces kindly for Sels, who collects.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here come Sunderland again, Van de Ven blocking from Rigg after a swift interchange; he\u2019s then replaced by Talbi, with Hume coming on for Mukiele.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A second Sunderland goal now looks more likely than a Spurs equaliser. Next for De Zerbi\u2019s men: Brighton (h).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Triple change for Villa, Luiz, Maatsen ad Buendia replacing Barkley, Rogers and Digne. And almost immediately, Buendia chops a pass that zips into Watkins\u2019 path, perhaps fortuitously, the eventuating shot flying over the bar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sunderland counter and, when Diarra marauds through the inside-left channel and squares for Brobbey, Udogie does really well to lever him out of the road, preventing a potentially match-clinching goal in the process.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat push from Brobbey probably wasn\u2019t a booking,\u201d emails Richard Coopey, \u201cbut he knew exactly what he was doing and that was a snide, nasty bit of play.\u201d<\/p>\n Harsh, I think \u2013 it was a shove looking to con the ref, but I don\u2019t think he thought anyone would get hurt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAfter the deflected goal De Zerbi had a look that said: \u2018So this is what it\u2019s like to manage Spurs\u2019,\u201d reckons K\u00e1ri Tulinius. \u201cI can sort of see the bones of what he\u2019s trying to get Tottenham to do, stretching the game, creating space and attacking at speed, but the players are still having to think before doing. There just isn\u2019t much time to graft the muscles onto that skeleton.\u201d<\/p>\n Yup, it\u2019s a tricky one. At this point, the ideal is probably a vibes manager, not a systems manager, but the board probably think De Zerbi can do the job permanently, so have gone for him on that basis, hoping to stay up and assuming, if they don\u2019t, that under him, there\u2019s a better than decent chance they come straight back up again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.37 EDT<\/p>\n Oh man, Romero won\u2019t be able to continue and he\u2019s leaving the pitch, tears in his eyes. It didn\u2019t look a bad injury \u2013 a dead-leg type thing \u2013 but he wants to be on the pitch, and now he isn\u2019t, replaced by Danso.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The great Rob Smyth is under way with Chelsea v Man City\u2026<\/p>\n