Premier League 2024-25: Wolves hold Tottenham to draw; Nottingham Forest moves to second with Everton win
Premier League 2024-25: Wolves hold Tottenham to draw; Nottingham Forest moves to second with Everton win
Struggling Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for a 2-2 home draw against a revived Wolverhampton Wanderers side after a late strike by Norwegian substitute Jorgen Strand Larsen in an entertaining Premier League clash on Sunday.
Wolves had taken the lead after seven minutes through Hwang Hee-Chan who fired a low shot that went in off the post after a short free-kick, but Spurs equalised five minutes later when Rodrigo Bentancur’s header beat keeper Jose Sa from a corner.
Tottenham spurned the chance to go in front before halftime when Son Heung-Min’s spot-kick was saved but it did go in ahead after Brennan Johnson struck from close range. The second half was end-to-end with Strand Larsen scoring in the 87th minute.
The result left Spurs languishing in 11th with 24 points from 19 games – the first time it will finish the year lower than seventh since the 2008-09 season. Wolves is 17th on 16 points and stand two points above the relegation zone.
Goals from Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White gave Nottingham Forest a 2-0 win over Everton on Sunday to move up to the heady heights of second in the Premier League after another superb performance away from home.
The win gives Forest, which battled relegation for much of last season, 37 points after 19 games. It is five behind leader Liverpool, which has two games in hand and face West Ham United later on Sunday.
Forest is one ahead of third-placed Arsenal, which is not in action again until New Year’s Day, and two ahead of Chelsea, which can overtake it if it beats Ipswich Town on Monday.
