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03/22 12:03 CDT Tottenham crisis deepens after loss to Forest as Arsenal, Man
City battle in League Cup final
Tottenham crisis deepens after loss to Forest as Arsenal, Man City battle in
League Cup final
By JAMES ROBSON
AP Soccer Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) --- Tottenham's Premier League survival fight was
plunged deeper into crisis on Sunday with a 3-0 loss to Nottingham Forest.
The relegation six-pointer left Spurs one place and one point above the drop
zone and raised further questions about the future of coach Igor Tudor.
Fellow relegation-fighting Forest climbed above Spurs to 16th in the standings.
The only positive on another miserable day for Tottenham was defeat for West
Ham at Aston Villa to keep it in the bottom three.
Tottenham - one of English soccer's most iconic teams and a founding member of
the Premier League - is still without a win in the top flight in 2026. Its last
win was Dec. 28 and it has lost six of its last seven games.
Igor Jesus' header just before halftime gave Forest the lead at the Tottenham
Hotspur Stadium and Morgan Gibbs-White added a second just after the hour mark.
Taiwo Awoniyi completed the win for Forest in the 87th to leave the fans
fearing the end of its ever-present stay in England's top division since the
inception of the Premier League in 1992.
Tudor was appointed last month to try to turn Spurs' season around, but has
lost five of his seven games in charge in all competitions and seen his team
eliminated from the Champions League.
Tottenham remains one point above 18th-place West Ham, which lost 2-0 to Aston
Villa.
Villa boosted its chances of Champions League qualification and took advantage
of all of its immediate rivals dropping points.
John McGinn and Ollie Watkins were on target at Villa Park. Villa is fourth and
five points above fifth-place Liverpool, which was beaten by Brighton on
Saturday.
Chelsea, which lost at Everton, is a point further back.
Victory also saw Villa close the gap on third-place Manchester United, which
drew with Bournemouth on Friday.
Sunderland stuns Newcastle
Brian Brobbey struck in the 90th minute to give Sunderland bragging rights in
the Tyne-Wear derby against Newcastle.
Brobbey's close-range effort sealed a 2-1 comeback win at St James' Park and
saw Sunderland complete a league double over its fiercest rival.
Sunderland also moved above Newcastle into 11th in the standings.
Anthony Gordon had given the home team the lead after capitalizing on sloppy
passing at the back and firing low past Melker Ellborg after 10 minutes.
Chemsdine Talbi leveled shortly before the hour mark and Brobbey stunned the
home fans when scoring at the second time of asking late on.
Earlier, the game had been halted due to a report of discriminatory abuse from
the crowd towards Sunderland's Lutsharel Geertruida.
Before kickoff, there had been tense scenes between fans outside the stadium.
Northumberland police said one arrest was made.
Relegation-fighting Tottenham and Nottingham Forest were playing later on
Sunday. Aston Villa was taking on another team trying to avoid the drop - West
Ham.
Arsenal and Manchester City were playing for the first major piece of domestic
silverware this season in the English League Cup final at Wembley.
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