Tottenham Hotspur beat Nottingham Forest and won two consecutive games.
Tottenham, which played the 17th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) at 5 a.m. on the 16th (Korea time), won 2-0 against Nottingham at the City Ground in Nottingham, England. Tottenham, which beat Newcastle United 4-1 in the last round, won two consecutive games and widened the gap with sixth-place Manchester United to five points.
Anthony Elanga and Morgan Gibson-White were the two-top players for home team Nottingham in a 3-5-2 formation. Nico Williams, Ryan Yates, Orell Mangala, Seiku Cuate and Harry Topolo were in the midfield, while Willie Boli, Murillo and Moussa Niakate were at three back. Matt Turner defended the goal.
Tottenham were one-top with Hisharlisson at the 4-2-3-1 formation, while Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski, and Brennan Johnson supported the attack. Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr were in the third line, while Destiny Udogi, Ben Davies, Christian Romero, and Pedro Pororo were four-back. The goalkeeper’s gloves were worn by Guglielmo Vicario.
From the beginning of the first half, Nottingham faced Tottenham with a strong physical fight. As soon as Son Heung-min caught the ball in the first minute of the first half, two players clung together to check and committed a rough foul.
In the second minute of the first half, Son Heung-min dug into the back of the opponent and created a scoring opportunity. Kulusevski’s pass was connected to the shot, but it was blocked by the goalkeeper.
In the fourth minute of the first half, Son Heung-min was once again fouled. Williams knocked Son Heung-min over with a body check while Son Heung-min was holding the ball from the left.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Tottenham was blocked by another opponent’s goalkeeper. Kulusevski overcame the opponent’s check in the center and drove the ball to the penalty area. He then fell and connected the pass, and Johnson took a right-footed shot, but Matt Turner hit it with his fingertips.
Tottenham had a bad injury. In the 30th minute of the first half, Johnson had a bleed on his forehead during the aerial ball process. Eventually, Johnson was replaced by Oliver Skip.
Tottenham has not been able to operate efficiently since Johnson’s replacement. Shooting opportunities were repeatedly canceled. In the 41st minute of the first half, Son Heung-min dug into the back space, but Turner came out first to catch him and did not allow him to shoot. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Son Heung-min’s bold shot was blocked by the opponent’s hand-to-hand defense.
Four minutes were given to add to the game in the first half. Just before the end, Tottenham led by scoring the first goal. Kulusevski’s cross with his left foot was just his head in front of the goal. It was Hisharlisson’s second consecutive goal. Tottenham overcame the crisis for now with a 1-0 first half.
Nottingham aggressively attacked early in the second half. In the third minute of the second half, Elanga delivered the ball to Boli with a lobbing pass to create a shooting opportunity. Boli’s shot went high over the crossbar. In the 9th minute of the second half, Gibson White attempted a powerful free kick from the left side of the stadium, but Vicario hit it.
At 13 minutes into the second half, Nottingham seemed to equalize. A grounder cross from the right came into the back of Tottenham’s defense, and Elanga scored with his left foot in front of the goal. However, the VAR cancelled the score due to Elanga’s offside.
Tottenham scored an additional goal. In the 19th minute of the second half, Son Heung-min drew a pass miss from Turner’s goalkeeper by pressing forward. The ball went to Kulusevski, who was near the penalty area, and Kulusevski beat a defender and hit a powerful right foot shot to penetrate Turner’s goalkeeper.
However, bad news occurred in the 23rd minute of the second half. Bissouma shot the opponent midfielder Yates’ shin with a stud during the ball competition. The referee initially gave him a yellow card, but changed his card color to a red card after VAR review.
Tottenham scored an additional goal with a counterattack in the 35th minute of the second half. Kulusevski, who received a skip pass from the left side of the stadium, penetrated into the center and fired a left-footed shot. However, Turner reached out and blocked the dynamic play.
Tottenham overcame the crisis one after another in the 38th minute of the second half. Romero only stretched out his foot in front of the goal and changed direction after Williams’ grounder shot. In the ensuing corner kick, Vicario blocked Topolo’s header shot with his foot right in front of the goal line. 헤라카지노
Tottenham strengthened their defense by putting Emerson Royal without Son Heung-min in the 43rd minute of the second half.
Eight minutes of extra time was given in the second half. Tottenham created a scoring opportunity in three minutes of extra time. The ball was delivered to Porro through Kulusevski and Hoivier, who aimed at the goal with his right footed shot. However, in front of the goalkeeper, the defender kicked it away with a header.
Nottingham tried to score just before the end of the second half, but the goal luck did not follow. In some cases, the shot hit the goalkeeper Vicario’s body and became a corner kick. The game ended with Tottenham’s 2-0 victory.