Nuno Espirito Santo acknowledged Nottingham Forest had been “lucky” to come back away from their conflict towards Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-1 victory.

Forest returned to 3rd place within the Premier League desk, after first-half objectives from Elliot Anderson and Chris Wooden ultimately proved sufficient to take most factors on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Nevertheless, it was an actual backs-to-the-wall show by Forest, who had simply 30.1% of possession throughout the 90 minutes, whereas registering simply 4 photographs to their opponents’ 22.

But, regardless of Richarlison’s late header halving the deficit, the guests held out for an important three factors in the direction of their Champions League ambitions.

“There isn’t a different method. Tottenham put us towards the ropes, so it’s about defending and holding on to the end result,” Nuno instructed Sky Sports activities.

“We began the sport properly. We created hazard with good combos. We wished to go extra offensive within the second half, attempt to be extra harmful and have extra of the ball.

“When you will have one thing, it’s about getting via it – particularly in these moments of the season when there’s fatigue, not solely bodily however psychological, anxiousness. All these items made the workforce return a bit.

“Credit score to Tottenham. They created so many possibilities towards us, and we had been lucky to get away with the end result.”

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Forest returned to profitable methods following back-to-back defeats, which noticed them slip to sixth place within the desk.

Matz Sels praised the dedication of his team-mates, as he set his sights on securing a top-five end with 5 video games remaining.

“We knew that after the 2 losses within the final two video games, it was necessary to bounce again,” the goalkeeper stated. “We’re actually pleased with the three factors immediately, and to be again the place we have now been the entire season.

“Tottenham are a robust workforce that put you underneath a variety of strain. It was not straightforward for us, however we defended properly and didn’t give a variety of possibilities away.

“With 66 factors, you might be usually fairly certain to complete within the high 5, however this season, it may be somewhat bit extra as a result of all of the groups round us hold profitable. There are 5 video games to go and we all know what we have to do.

“We are going to see the place we will find yourself, however we have now already performed a tremendous season. We might be happy with what we did up till now, however we wish to give all the pieces to complete there within the high 5.”

“The end result was large for us,” Anderson added. “It was an enormous sport to come back into to attempt to get three factors. The lads dug in and confirmed what we’re about, and we’re buzzing.

“We actually wanted that after two defeats. We’ve come again and bounced again, so it’s big for us. We’ve acquired to maintain believing till the final sport. We might be pushing.”