Nottingham Forest supervisor Nuno Espirito Santo says ‘nobody’ anticipated his membership to be within the working for a Champions League place after their newest big win at Tottenham on Monday evening.
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’ve to grasp that we’re in a combat that nobody anticipated, us included, and it’s regular, however I don’t need to show no person incorrect,” Nuno mentioned.
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“It’s about us. Now we have an enormous need to compete and the gamers get pleasure from. We’re within the combine in opposition to 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 in opposition to an enormous crew and there are lots of video games forward of us. So long as we maintain this strategy, competing nicely, you by no means know.”
After Wooden ghosted in between Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven to move house Anthony Elanga’s cross Tottenham improved, however Mathys Tel and Richarlison squandered first-half possibilities 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: “After all the ultimate minutes had been full of hysteria, wishing the time to go quicker and Tottenham put us in opposition to the ropes.
“We’re very happy with the best way we competed.
“I believe the crew competed nicely initially of the sport, we obtain objectives and we had been dominant even with out the ball to attempt to include Tottenham.
“Regardless that they’d possibilities, we had Mats once more at a excessive degree, the clearance from Harry Toffolo, however spirit is about that.”
