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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.

This week, he takes on Eats Everything, aka DJ and producer Daniel Pearce.

Sutton's prediction: 2-2

Tottenham are flagging at the moment and missing a lot of key players but it is obvious that manager Ange Postecoglou will not compromise on his playing style - he has made that clear in the past week.

It makes this game fascinating because Nottingham Forest are in great form and they are also resilient defensively, and able to soak up pressure.

Spurs are such a strange team that I still feel they could go to the City Ground and win by three or four goals, but you have to fancy Forest to score a couple too.

I am very tempted to back Nuno Espirito Santo's side to win this, because they will sit in a mid to low block and just counter-attack, which will cause Spurs problems.

But Tottenham have got goals in them, so I am going for a draw.

Eats Everything's prediction: 3-1

One of my best mates, Matt, is a die-hard Forest fan so I follow them quite closely and I am really pleased they are doing so well. They have got some brilliant players too - if Manchester United signed Murillo then I would be over the moon, and I really like Chris Wood.

Forest were brilliant against United earlier this month and fully deserved to beat us. They have had some big results already this season and I think they will get another win here. I was going to go 2-0 to Forest, but Spurs always score.

Having won six of seven Premier League meetings with Tottenham between 1993 and 1997, Nottingham Forest have now lost each of their last six against them.

Having failed to win any of their first four Premier League away games against Nottingham Forest (D1 L3), and conceding twice in each match, Tottenham have won their last three visits to City Ground while keeping a clean sheet each time.

Nottingham Forest won 3-1 against Newcastle on Boxing Day last season; they’ve not won in this fixture in consecutive top-flight campaigns since 1990-91/1991-92, beating Tottenham 2-1 in the latter match back then.

Tottenham are unbeaten in their last 16 league games played on Boxing Day (W12 D4) since a 2-0 loss at Portsmouth in 2003-04. Only Aston Villa (20 between 1890 and 1913) have had a longer such unbeaten run in English Football League history.

Nottingham Forest have won nine Premier League games this season, already as many as they managed in both 2022-23 and 2023-24. The Tricky Trees have won each of their last three, last winning four consecutively in the top-flight in April/May 1995.

No team has scored more first half goals in the Premier League than Tottenham this season (19), with Spurs also netting a league-high nine goals in the opening 15 minutes of games. Indeed, Spurs have been at least 2-0 up inside 15 minutes in two of their last three league games (2-0 v Chelsea after 11 minutes, 3-0 v Southampton after 14 minutes).

No current Premier League player has scored more Boxing Day goals than Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood (4), who netted a hat-trick against Newcastle in said fixture last season.

With four goals and two assists, no current Premier League player has been involved in more Boxing Day goals than Tottenham’s Son Heung-min (6, level with Mohamed Salah and Raheem Sterling).

After a run of 28 Premier League games without a goal, Nottingham Forest’s Anthony Elanga has now scored in both of his last two appearances. The Swede has never scored in three consecutive league games before.

Tottenham’s Dominic Solanke has been involved in five goals in his two away Premier League appearances against Nottingham Forest (4 goals, 1 assist), netting a hat-trick for Bournemouth at the City Ground in December last season.

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Tottenham's James Maddison has been speaking to TNT Sports after today's victory: "It was a great night for us. It's an important night. There are so many big teams all throughout the league who are struggling to get results and are on a tough patch. We were on one tonight. It was important to get that win. That was a big night for us.

"We can blow away any team in this league, and not just Southampton. We did the same at Manchester City. But we need to do it on a regular basis. We showed grit and determination, especially after a rapid turnaround after Glasgow. I am proud of the boys."

Was Postecoglou right to criticise Werner?

Was Postecoglou right to criticise Werner?

Football Focus pundits Glenn Murray and Nedum Onuoha discuss Ange Postecoglou's public criticism of Tottenham Hotspur striker Timo Werner after his performance against Rangers in the Europa League.

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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says he is not going to worry about players' "bruised egos" after saying Timo Werner's performance was "not acceptable" in their 1-1 draw against Rangers in the Europa League.

Ange Postecoglou made headlines when criticising Timo Werner after the 1-1 draw with Rangers in the Europa League - but he explained it was part of a wider message.

The Australian manager kept repeating that he needs all his fit players to "fight" in a week that could "set up our season".

There is no doubt that the conversation around Spurs is currently negative but the season can be salvaged. Even despite criticism of the performance at Ibrox, qualification for the knockout stage of the Europa League still looks likely.

Hit by an injury crisis, including the loss of key players Guglielmo Vicario, Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, it is now incumbent on the remaining players to keep the season alive in the Premier League and Carabao Cup.

Spurs are 11th in the Premier League but face bottom-of-the-league Southampton on Sunday.

What follows is a match at home to Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarter-final before Liverpool visit the following Sunday in the league.

Germany international Werner felt the full force of Postecoglou's criticism this week but he insists other players have fallen short, a category that does not include exceptional and versatile 18-year-old Archie Gray, or increasingly his star man Dejan Kulusevski.

Amid criticism and what he labelled an "injury crisis" given he has just one fit centre-back available, Postecoglou has laid down the challenge for his remaining players to keep the season alive.

What did you make of Postecoglou's criticism?

Is he right to call out underperforming players? Or did he go too far?

Forster steps up

Rangers 1-1 Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham fans would have been rightly concerned when goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario broke his ankle in the 4-0 win over Manchester City last month.

But stand-in Fraser Forster has performed superbly, with the 36-year-old making a stunning late save at Ibrox to deny Rangers sub Cyriel Dessers a winner.

Spurs have won just one of their last eight games in all competitions - but it could have been worse without the performance of the former Celtic keeper.

“I thought we worked our way back into the game well and the subs coming on made a difference," Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou said.

"We scored a good goal, had a couple of other moments, but in the end, a great save by Frase gets us, in the context of where we are in Europe, an important point.”

Greenwood injury mars Man City Champions League win

Man City 2-0 St Polten

Alex Brotherton

BBC Sport journalist at Joie Stadium

Teenager Lily Murphy scored her first senior goal as Manchester City eased to victory against St Polten, but the win was overshadowed by Alex Greenwood being taken off on a stretcher.

Second-half goals for Murphy and Kerstin Casparij maintained City's 100% record in the Women's Champions League this season and keeps them top of Group D, three points ahead of defending champions Barcelona.

The hosts found plenty of joy down the left-hand channel as forward Murphy - making her first start in the absence of Khadija Shaw, who BBC Sport understands was left out as a precaution - attempted to make the most of her full first-team debut.

Hojlund double gives Man Utd late comeback win at Plzen

Viktoria Plzen 1-2 Man United

Steve Sutcliffe

BBC Sport

Rasmus Hojlund came off the bench to score twice as Manchester United fought back from a goal down to claim a vital Europa League win at Viktoria Plzen.

The result lifts Ruben Amorim's side into the top eight positions that would automatically see them qualify for the last 16 of the competition.

Hojlund has now scored five times in the competition this term and sparked a United revival after his second-half introduction.

Spurs come from behind to hold Rangers in breathless Europa League tie

Rangers 1-1 Tottenham

George O'Neill

BBC Sport Scotland

Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur both moved a step closer to the Europa League knockout stages after they played out a captivating draw at Ibrox.

Hamza Igamane gave the hosts the lead just 81 seconds into the second half with a fine finish from James Tavernier's cross, before Dejan Kulusevski equalised for Tottenham with a low left-footed drive after a superb team move.

Both sides had chances to win a gripping contest on Glasgow's southside - none more so than when Cyriel Dessers was denied by Fraser Forster late on - but some last-ditch defending and sharp goalkeeping kept it at 1-1.

Good morning

Hello and welcome to Friday's football news live text! We hope you are well.

Thursday was a busy night in Europe for a number of British clubs. We shall bring you round-ups of those games this morning.

The main focus, of course, is this weekend's Premier League action. More than half of the Premier League's managers are set to speak to the media this morning and we will bring you the latest from those.

We will also keep across the qualifying draw ahead of the 2026 World Cup, so stay tuned for that.

Let's start with a round-up of Thursday's matches.