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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou was delighted with his side\u2019s composure as they made it back-to-back wins for the first time since October with a 2-0 Premier League victory at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Dejan Kulusevski picked out Richarlison to head home the opener in first-half stoppage-time before turning goalscorer when he capitalised on a poor clearance from Matt Turner to double the advantage at the City Ground.<\/p>\n

Tottenham then had to see out the final 20 minutes with 10 men after Yves Bissouma\u2019s dismissal for a high lunge on Ryan Yates but they held on despite Neco Williams hitting the post late on.<\/p>\n

Postecoglou told Sky Sports Premier League: \u201cIt\u2019s a tough game here, you have to earn whatever you get. They\u2019re obviously pretty desperate for points and the crowd get behind them.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time they get a throw-in, you feel like you\u2019ve conceded a goal and they\u2019re launching it in the box. We had to deal with a lot of things we don\u2019t normally have to deal with. Just great character.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some adversity obviously to go down to 10 men. Some of our football was good as well, so a bit of everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most part we stayed pretty calm and composed, the back four, Ben Davies and Romero were excellent, Vic was good when we needed him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always had an outlet, we always looked dangerous, which meant we just didn\u2019t camp ourselves in there. So really pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Postecoglou remained concerned about Tottenham\u2019s lack of discipline as Bissouma was sent off for the second time this season and his 70th-minute dismissal was Tottenham\u2019s fourth red card of the season.<\/p>\n

Postecoglou added: \u201cI haven\u2019t seen it but I\u2019m assuming they slowed it down and saw it. It\u2019s been a little bit of an issue. It\u2019s a fine line with those things.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players are aware of that, they don\u2019t want to miss games. I think today was more of a desperation tackle than something nasty.<\/p>\n

It’s something we talk about constantly but it’s a fine line between their commitment to what we’re trying to do and not overstepping the mark<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had to deal with that a few times this year and you can\u2019t go on doing it like that because eventually we\u2019ll pay a price for it, and we did against Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we talk about constantly but it\u2019s a fine line between their commitment to what we\u2019re trying to do and not overstepping the mark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forest boss Steve Cooper bemoaned the error that led to Tottenham\u2019s second goal that left his side with a mountain to climb.<\/p>\n

Under pressure from Heung-min Son, Turner\u2019s attempted clearance went straight to Kulusevski, who rifled into the net to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n

Cooper said: \u201cThe result is obviously the most important and will always write the narrative and we accept that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we sort of played the game we thought was the right one to play in terms of playing on a fairly closed pitch and not trying to give Spurs too much space to play in because we could see how dangerous they can be.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously the goal, we\u2019ve come off the plan, we haven\u2019t doubled up, we\u2019ve let him come inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the one time they\u2019ve put a real free cross in and we\u2019ve not marked in the box. And that\u2019s the level and that\u2019s the bit that we\u2019re not doing very well in terms of when we\u2019re given moments in and around the opponent\u2019s box, we\u2019re not making it count.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen obviously we\u2019ve come out and we started the second half well and then the second goal is not something you can do at any level, never mind in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that killed the momentum but I\u2019ve got no complaints with the general performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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