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Cor, it’s a spot snug down there. Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham are separated by only 1 point, pinch Leeds United besides progressive successful crippled of relegation Snakes and Ladders. Barring thing unforseeable, 1 of those 4 large clubs will beryllium playing Championship shot adjacent season. Forest, West Ham and Leeds are reasonably acquainted pinch life successful nan 2nd tier; Spurs haven’t knowledgeable it since nan 1970s.
There’s a adjacent measurement to spell – 7 games aft coming – but erstwhile nan particulate settles, nan consequence of this afternoon’s lucifer betwixt Spurs and Forest whitethorn beryllium decisive. There’s not overmuch other to opportunity really: it’s a mustn’t-lose crippled for 2 teams who are waist-deep successful nan malodorous stuff.
Spurs will dream they turned a area erstwhile Richarlison equalised successful injury-time astatine Anfield, a consequence they followed pinch a losing triumph complete Atletico Madrid successful midweek. Forest could person done without extra-time successful Belgium connected Thursday but they’ve won their past 3 matches against Spurs, including a 3-0 evisceration astatine nan City Ground successful December, and person astir apt played amended than caller convention results suggest.
Spurs and Forest would person gotten distant pinch it if it wasn’t for their pesky ex. But Nuno Espirito Santo, sacked by some clubs, has revived an apparently doomed West Ham. Their triumph astatine Spurs successful January was nan commencement of an fantabulous tally of 15 points successful 9 games, and different triumph astatine Aston Villa coming would move them retired of nan relegation places for nan first clip successful 2026.
We’ll person extremity updates from that lucifer arsenic well, but our main attraction is connected events successful northbound London.
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