On Tuesday in North London, Nottingham Forest beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 to go up to third in the Premier League and enhance their Champions League prospects. Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood scored early goals to give Spurs their 18th loss of the season, the most outside the relegation zone.
Anderson’s scorching shot deflected off Rodrigo Bentancur to score in the fifth minute for Forest. Anthony Elanga’s ball set up Wood’s 19th league goal in the 16th minute.
The Premier League announced a brief stoppage of VAR owing to a fire alarm at the VAR Hub in Stockley Park.
“The match will operate without VAR until further notice due to a fire alarm at the VAR Hub at Stockley Park,” the Premier League said.
Early in the encounter, VAR disallowed a Wood goal by confirming he was offside before the system was paused. Tottenham failed to capitalize on their Europa League win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday, which advanced them to the semi-finals.
Spurs failed to capitalize despite dominating possession (70%), creating more chances, and having more shots on target.
Forest’s sixth-place start has maintained their ambition of qualifying for Europe’s top competition alive.
