Nuno Espirito Santo acknowledged that Nottingham Forest was 'happy' to get away from their collision against Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-1 victory.
Forest returned to third place in the Premier League table, after the first half of Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood eventually turned out to be sufficient to take maximum points in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
However, it was a real representation of the Wall of Forest, which only had 30.1% of the possession during the 90 minutes, while he only registered four shots with the 22 of their opponents.
Despite the deceased header of Richarlison, the visitors hurried, however, the visitors held a crucial three points for their ambitions of Champions League.
“There is no other way. Tottenham has placed us against the ropes, so it's about defending and sticking to the result,” Nuno told Sky Sports.
“We started the game well. We have created danger with good combinations. We wanted to go more offensive in the second half, try to be more dangerous and have more off the ball.
“If you have something, it's all about getting through – especially in these times of the season when there is fatigue, not only physically but mental, fear. All these things caused the team to go back a bit.
“Credit to Tottenham. They created so many opportunities against us and we were lucky to get away with the result.”
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Forest returned to winning ways after back-to-back defeats, which they saw sliding to sixth place in the table.
Matz Sels praised the determination of his teammates, while he set his sights on securing a top five finish with five more games.
“We knew that after the two losses in the last two games it was important to bounce back,” said the goalkeeper. “We are very happy with the three points today, and to be back where we have been the entire season.
“Tottenham is a strong team that puts you under a lot of pressure. It was not easy for us, but we defended well and did not give away many opportunities.
“With 66 points you are normally quite in the top five, but this season it might be a bit more because all the teams around us keep winning. There are five games to go and we know what to do.
“We will see where we can end, but we have already played a great season. We can be proud of what we have done so far, but we want to give everything to end there in the top five.”
“The result was huge for us,” Anderson added. “It was a huge game to get in to get three points. The boys buried and showed what we are about, and we buzz.
“We really needed that after two defeats. We came back and reflected, so it's huge for us. We have to keep believing until the last game. We will push.”