Tottenham and Nottingham Forest play to a scoreless draw at the City Ground

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Last updated Sep 5, 2026

Tottenham and Nottingham Forest play to a scoreless draw at the City Ground
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Tottenham remained goalless in the Premier League this season following a 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday. The result marks the first time since 1980 that Tottenham have failed to score in their opening three league matches. Forest nearly secured a victory, but a second-half goal from Neco Williams was disallowed by VAR due to a handball. Tottenham entered the match facing significant pressure after beginning their campaign with consecutive defeats to Brentford and Newcastle. The club, managed by Roberto De Zerbi, has struggled to find form despite an estimated 400 million pounds in transfer spending during the summer window. Tottenham now look to break their scoring drought as the league season continues.

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  • Tottenham and Nottingham Forest finished their match in a 0-0 draw.
  • The result marks the first time since 1980 that Tottenham have not scored in their first three league games.
  • VAR disallowed a potential goal from Neco Williams for handball.
  • Tottenham began the season with losses to Brentford and Newcastle.
  • The match took place at the City Ground on September 5, 2026.
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  • 5:15 PMYahoo SportsDe Zerbi explains his substitutions in draw with Nottingham Forest – and says Spurs must ‘keep more calm’ in attack
  • 5:10 PMYahoo SportsDe Zerbi, Tonali and Udogie misery continues after Tottenham held by Forest
  • 4:11 PMThe Guardian SportTottenham secure draw at Nottingham Forest after Williams goal ruled out by VAR
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For the third successive league match, Tottenham failed to score and this time they did not even muster a shot on target. Excluding a 5-1 win against a Charlton B team in the Carabao Cup, their season so far reads: five goals against and none scored. For a couple of minutes Nottingham Forest thought they had added to that goals-against tally but Neco Williams was adjudged to have handled when stooping to head in on the goalline as Sandro Tonali and Jan Paul van Hecke attempted to prevent Morgan Gibbs-White’s deflected effort bobbling towards the net. The mood music surrounding Roberto De Zerbi has been overwhelmingly positive since the Italian arrived at the end of March and led the rescue mission; see the Birra Moretti-themed flag on show in the away end here. But Spurs, for whom Mykhailo Mudryk arrived as a late substitute for his first competitive appearance for 645 days, still struggled in front of goal. Dominic Solanke, another late sub, headed on to the roof of Matz Sels’s net on 88 minutes and that was as good as things got for the visitors. Where was all the firepower? Last season’s top goalscorer, Richarlison, is training separately from De Zerbi’s first team after rejecting an offer from Everton and not in Spurs’s 25-man squad. Continue reading...

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Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has explained his decision to withdraw Savinho and Destiny Udogie after around an hour during the goalless draw with Nottingham Forest.The pair were taken off as part o...

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Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham Hotspur were held to a goalless draw by Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon, as the Italian coach’s ‘revolution’ in North London struggles to gather pace.De Ze...

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