Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction after Harry Kane brace
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Tottenham: Kane scores twice and misses penalty as Spurs continue fine start under Antonio Conte
Tottenham continued their impressive start to the Premier League season as Harry Kane scored two and missed a penalty in a 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest.
Kane gave Spurs a dream start just after four minutes as he finished a swift counter-attack to claim his 200th league goal and score in the third match in a row.
But it was Forest who enjoyed the majority of the ball in an impressive first-half performance from Steve Cooper’s side - even if they failed to seriously test Hugo Lloris.
Forest required Dean Henderson to make a big stop after the break and save Kane’s second-half penalty, awarded following a Steve Cook handball on the line.
Spurs had been wasteful on the break late on, until substitute Richarlison picked out Kane at the back post for a simple header, leaving Antonio Conte’s side with 10 points from their opening 12.
Catch up with Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham as it happened, below:
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
76 mins: Richarlison’s first involvement is to exaggerate contact following a brush with a Forest defender. Jamie Carragher chuckles to himself.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
73 mins: Spurs make their first couple of changes as Son and Perisic make way for Richarlison and Sessegnon. Again, not quite Son’s day - and he is looking very frustrated on the bench.
And a triple change for Forest as O’Brien, Cook and Yates are replaced by Freuler, Kouyaté and Awoniyi.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
70 mins: Dennis’ first involvement is to switch play to Johnson, who skips around the outside but then crosses straight at Lloris.
And another wasted chance as Williams this time gets around the outside but his cut-back is straight at Bentancur.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
68 mins: Spurs are being so sloppy on the break at times, though. Conte must be furious. Kane leads the latest breakaway with Hojbjerg and Son on either side. He goes for Hojbjerg on his right but the midfielder shoots into the side-netting.
Dennis is now on for Forest, replacing Lingard.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
66 mins: Kulusevski threatens again with that lovely gliding movement. He cuts inside this time and Cook throws himself at the ball to block the shot.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
64 mins: Wide! Kulusevski cuts outside McKenna and then flashes a shot wide between the defender’s legs. This is still really nicely poised with Spurs playing on the break and Forest pushing for an equaliser.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
61 mins: Chance! Forest’s defence is all over the place as Kulusevski puts Son in. He first looks for Kane at the back post before cutting in and shooting at goal. Henderson makes the save and Forest scramble it away.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
60 mins: Scott McKenna is next in the book for hauling down Kane. In the space of a few minutes, Forest’s back three have all picked up yellow cards.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
60 mins: That was Kane’s first penalty miss in 22 attempts for Tottenham - a record going back to February 2018.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Tottenham
56 mins: Close! Forest are right up for this now - it’s like they’ve scored a goal! At the other end Williams drags a volley just wide of the post as Forest push forward.
There’s a reminder of the Spurs danger as Worrall brings down Son for a yellow card, just as the forward was bursting away.
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