Nottingham Forest supervisor Nuno Espirito Santo says ‘nobody’ anticipated his membership to be within the operating for a Champions League place after their newest enormous win at Tottenham on Monday night time.
Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood scored in London as Forest responded to wins over the weekend from Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea and Aston Villa to climb again into third place.
Their season may even get higher but once they return to London on Sunday for an FA Cup semi-final with Manchester Metropolis.
“To begin with we now have to understand that we’re in a struggle that nobody anticipated, us included, and it’s regular, however I don’t need to show no one improper,” Nuno mentioned.
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“It’s about us. We have now an enormous want to compete and the gamers take pleasure in. We’re within the combine towards massive groups and that may solely make us proud.
“We embrace the problem. We’re forward of an enormous week for us, we’re going to Wembley to compete towards an enormous crew and there are a number of video games forward of us. So long as we maintain this method, competing effectively, you by no means know.”
After Wooden ghosted in between Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven to go house Anthony Elanga’s cross Tottenham improved, however Mathys Tel and Richarlison squandered first-half probabilities earlier than Dejan Kulusevski’s 59th-minute header was brilliantly cleared off the road by Harry Toffolo.
Matz Sels then thwarted Richarlison twice earlier than the Brazil ahead did head house a Pedro Porro supply with three minutes left, however Forest held on.
Nuno added: “In fact the ultimate minutes had been full of tension, wishing the time to go sooner and Tottenham put us towards the ropes.
“We’re very happy with the way in which we competed.
“I feel the crew competed effectively in the beginning of the sport, we obtain targets and we had been dominant even with out the ball to attempt to include Tottenham.
“Despite the fact that they’d probabilities, we had Mats once more at a excessive stage, the clearance from Harry Toffolo, however spirit is about that.”
