Georginio Rutter struck a late equaliser as Tottenham drew with Brighton, missing the chance to escape the relegation zone. Pedro Porro opened the scoring in the first-half but his strike was cancelled out before the break by a superb volley from Kaoru Mitoma. A nervy second half seemed to have been settled, though, as Xavi Simons curled a superb effort beyond Verbruggen, and Spurs saw out the lead to claim three points at home for just the third time this season.
Rutter then lashed one beyond Antonin Kinsky to restore parity late in added time, bringing an eerie silence down on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It brings to an end an impressive winning run for Brighton, who had won five of their previous six matches.
A win would have been enough to lift Spurs out of the relegation zone at least until West Ham visit Crystal Palace on Monday night, but they will remain in the bottom three for the time being. Follow the action LIVE below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, with expert insight and analysis from Sam Tabuteau at the ground.
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FULL-TIME: Tottenham 2-2 Brighton
It ends level.
Tottenham 2-2 Brighton
90+8mins: Verbruggen saves from Gray.
GOAL! Tottenham 2-2 Brighton | Rutter '90+5
Heartbreak for Tottenham! Rutter fires home from close range to level it up.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
90+3mins: The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium breathes a sigh of relief as Kadioglu volleys into the side netting. Looked for a moment as though it had gone in.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
90+2mins: Tel works his way into the box and gets a shot away, but he was plainly offside.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
90+1mins: For many of the fans in this ground, this will be an extremely long eight minutes.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
90mins: Still Simons is hobbling around. He can barely move!
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
90mins: Eight minutes will be added on to the end of this match.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
89mins: And we’re back underway.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
88mins: An extended stoppage here as Simons is attended to by the training staff.
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