Forest will ’embrace the challenge’ as Champions League battle hots up

Nuno backed his team to embrace the challenge after they started a huge week with victory at Tottenham.

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo saw his side win at Tottenham (John Walton/PA).

Nuno Espirito Santo acknowledged no one at Nottingham Forest expected to be third in April but backed his team to embrace the challenge after they started a huge week with victory at Tottenham.

Forest had slipped to sixth in the Premier League after weekend wins for Champions League qualification rivals Manchester City, Chelsea and Aston Villa, yet responded with aplomb in the capital.