Facile win helps Spurs move into fourth place
Tottenham Hotspur boosted its Champions League qualifying hopes with a 31 home win over relegationbattling Nottingham Forest on Sunday to move into fourth in the Premier League.
Secondhalf goals from Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro, after Forest’s Chris Wood had cancelled out Murillo’s own goal in the opening period, helped Spurs capitalise on rivals Aston Villa and Manchester United dropping points.
Tottenham’s victory puts it level with Villa on 60 points but with a game in hand. Forest remains 17th with 25 points from 32
Spurs’ van de Ven, centre, celebrates his strike with Bentancur and Romero.
games, above thirdbottom Luton Town on goal difference.
Sheffield holds Chelsea
In another match, Sheffield United’s striker Ollie McBurnie snatched a stoppageteam equaliser to secure a 22 draw at home to Chelsea in its battle for
survival.
The Blades remain bottom of the table on 16 points and have seven games left to play, while Chelsea is ninth on 44 points after extending the unbeaten run to seven league games.
In Serie A, Juventus returned to winning ways after four league games without a victory thanks to a 10 home win over Fiorentina on Sunday to consolidate its hold on third place.
The results:
Premier League: Sheffield United 2 (Bogle 32, McBurnie 90+3) drew with Chelsea 2 (Silva 11, Madueke 66); Tottenham 3 (Murillo 15og, van de Ven 52, Porro 58) bt Nottingham Forest 1 (Wood 27).
Serie A: Cagliari 2 (Augello 42, Viola 88) bt Atalanta 1 (Scamacca 13); Juventus 1 (Gatti 21) bt Fiorentina 0; Monza 2 (Djuric 9, Colpani 62) lost to Napoli 4 (Osimhen 55, Politano 57, Zielinski 61, Raspadori 69); Verona 1 (Bonazzoli 8) lost to Genoa 2 (Ekuban 45, Gudmundsson 58).
Bundesliga: Hoffenheim 3 (Weghorst 17, Kramaric 20, Bebou 90) bt Augsburg 1 (Demirovic 61); Wolfsburg 1 (Baku 7) lost to Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 (Itakura 52, Ngoumou 58, Reitz 88).