{"id":539142,"date":"2026-03-22T19:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539142\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:49:12","slug":"spurs-0-3-nottm-forest-mar-22-2026-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539142\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs 0-3 Nottm Forest (Mar 22, 2026) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham collapsed amid a white-hot atmosphere to lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest<\/a> and increase fears of a seismic relegation.<\/p>\n

It had been a rare positive week for Spurs with a spirited point at Anfield followed by a morale-boosting 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid to ease the pressure on Igor Tudor, but the interim boss is firmly back under the microscope after a potentially pivotal defeat in North London.<\/p>\n

After the team bus was greeted with partisan backing outside the ground, Tottenham started on the front foot and hit the crossbar twice during a largely dominant first half, only for Igor Jesus’ 45th-minute header to give Vitor Pereira’s team a precious half time lead.<\/p>\n

It was a sucker-punch and further blows followed, with Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White<\/a> able to finish off a slick move after 62 minutes before substitute Taiwo Awoniyi<\/a> sent Spurs supporters heading for the exits when he tapped in with three minute left.<\/p>\n

Boos followed at full time following another abject home loss, with Tottenham winless in 13 Premier League<\/a> matches and down to 17th, only a point above West Ham, but Forest backed up Thursday’s Europa League progression with a crucial victory in the fight for survival.<\/p>\n

A raucous atmosphere welcomed the arrival of the home team bus at the Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> Stadium, with an estimated 10,000 supporters lining the High Road to show their support.<\/p>\n

After Kevin Danso<\/a> beat Jesus to a dangerous cross early on, Tottenham built momentum and Archie Gray<\/a> picked out Mathys Tel<\/a>, who cut inside and had a shot deflected behind.<\/p>\n

It sparked a spell of pressure, but Richarlison<\/a> headed wide from Tel’s corner before Spurs hit the bar when a Danso long throw was inadvertently flicked on to the woodwork by Forest forward Jesus in the 16th minute.<\/p>\n

Referee Michael Oliver waved away penalty appeals soon after on Pape Sarr and Micky van de Ven<\/a>, deployed in an unorthodox left-back role.<\/p>\n

The next action occurred in the Forest area when Richarlison flashed a ball across goal before the visitors stood firm amid a flurry of home corners.<\/p>\n

\"NottinghamNottingham Forest boosted their Premier League survival hopes with an emphatic 3-0 win at Tottenham.<\/p>\n

Forest went close when Jesus knocked on Elliot Anderson’s header and Guglielmo Vicario<\/a>\u00a0— playing a day before a hernia operation — tipped over for Tottenham.<\/p>\n

However, Jesus won the next battle as Gibbs-White’ corner to the back post was powered home by the Forest forward in first-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n

As Spurs fans attempted to rally the team, Tel let fly from 25 yards and forced Matz Sels<\/a> into a wonderful finger-tip save on to the bar.<\/p>\n

VAR ignored penalty appeals by Tottenham captain Cristian Romero<\/a> and Tudor made a double substitution.<\/p>\n

Destiny Udogie<\/a> and Lucas Bergvall<\/a> were sent on, but Forest went close to a second when Anderson found Neco Williams<\/a>, but Vicario saved well.<\/p>\n

A wild left-footed effort by Gray was followed by a lack of composure from the hosts and it ended with a second Forest goal.<\/p>\n

Callum Hudson-Odoi<\/a> raced past Pedro Porro<\/a> and cut the ball back for Gibbs-White to fire through Vicario after 62 minutes.<\/p>\n

Tottenham’s problems were compounded when Tel limped off, but Bergvall poked wide an Udogie cross to hint at a possible comeback.<\/p>\n

But it was not forthcoming and, after Sarr had a volley blocked, Forest wrapped up a first league victory since January 25 when Awoniyi tapped in Williams’ cross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham collapsed amid a white-hot atmosphere to lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest and increase fears of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-539142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}