Forest win 3-0 at Spurs to leapfrog relegation rivals

Nottingham Forest defeated fellow Premier League strugglers Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 on Sunday to leapfrog their relegation rivals near the bottom of the table, thanks to goals from Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi.

Spurs were arguably the better team before the break though created just one real chance which Richarlison squandered, before Jesus headed in from Neco Williams' corner on the stroke of halftime.

Gibbs-White, a summer target for Spurs, slotted home just after the hour mark to put the game beyond the hosts and substitute Awoniyi added a late tap-in to send Spurs fans streaming for the exits.

Forest's win puts them 16th with 32 points from 31 games, two points above Spurs in 17th on 30 points.

Spurs are one point above 18th-placed West Ham United, who lost at Aston Villa on Sunday to stay in the relegation zone.

Elweshere, Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey scored a 90th-minute winner against Newcastle United to secure a 2-1 win in a hotly-contested Tyne-Wear derby, that lifts them above their bitter rivals in the Premier League standings.

The Newcastle faithful at St. James' Park were celebrating after 10 minutes when Anthony Gordon opened the scoring following a blunder by the Sunderland defence that allowed striker Nick Woltemade to play him in for a well-taken finish.

After a flat first-half performance, the visitors raised their game considerably in the second and they levelled through Chemsdine Talbi 12 minutes after the break, the winger blasting home from close range after Newcastle failed to clear a corner.

As the tension mounted, Newcastle had a goal chalked off in the 75th minute before Brobbey made the most of his late opportunity, hooking home the winner at the second attempt to move his side up to 11th in the standings on 43 points, one point and one place ahead of Newcastle.