Nottingham Forest produced perhaps their best performance of the season at the weekend.
Vitor Pereira’s side thumped Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 in the capital, lifting them three points clear of the relegation zone.
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Igor Jesus netted the opener in the first half before Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi rounded off the scoring in the second period.
Alan Shearer, reflecting on the clash, has given his verdict on whether Nottingham Forest will end up finishing higher than Spurs this season.
Alan Shearer fancies Nottingham Forest to finish above Tottenham
Speaking on the Premier League Productions’ The Weekend Wrap show, Shearer admitted he fancies Forest to finish above Spurs due to their off the ball work.
“They (Spurs) didn’t put up much of a fight, didn’t offer very much,” Shearer stated.
“They were all over the place defensively, and that would be the big worry, because the one good thing or better thing that Forest have is that they seem to enjoy the work off the ball than Tottenham do and that’s why I think Forest will have a better chance of doing that (finishing above Spurs).
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“Albeit they don’t create as many chances, they don’t score as many goals, Nottingham Forest, I know they’ve got three here, but the work they do off the ball defensively looks a lot better than it does for Tottenham, and they seem to enjoy it more than Tottenham Hotspur do.”
Opta’s supercomputer has predicted Forest to finish in 16th place, ending the campaign on 41 points.
The bottom three remains unchanged from the current Premier League table, with Wolves, Burnley and West Ham expected to suffer relegation.