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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Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
86mins: Simons is soldiering on but plainly still dealing with a pretty vicious cramp as Brighton press on in search of an equaliser.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
84mins: Simons, the hero goalscorer, is now down with what appears to be cramp. He is calling for a sub, but I believe Spurs have used all five!
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton
79mins: Simons is booked for taking his shirt off in celebrating that goal.
Sam Tabuteau at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Wow, wow, wow. Simons has always threatened to deliver a moment of that quality, of that magnitude in Spurs' battle to beat the drop but just has not been given the opportunity until now. Pandemonium here.
GOAL! Tottenham 2-1 Brighton | Simons '77
What a hit from Simons! He’s taken the roof off! His curling effort confounds Verbruggen and flies in off the post.
Tottenham 1-1 Brighton
76mins: Three Brighton changes as De Cuyper, Rutter, and O’Riley replace Mitoma, Hinshelwood, and Welbeck.
Spurs follow suit with Gallagher and Udogie replaced by Bergvall and Spence.
Tottenham 1-1 Brighton
74mins: A worry for Brighton here as Mitoma, himself injury cover for Gomez, has gone down with an issue of his own.
Tottenham 1-1 Brighton
73mins: Minteh gets around Danso but can only offer a tame cross, which Kinsky duly catches.
Tottenham 1-1 Brighton
72mins: A smart block from Kinsky stops Hinshelwood’s deftly weighted through-ball for Welbeck. Essential intervention.
Tottenham 1-1 Brighton
69mins: Van Hecke does well to keep up with Simons and block his shot, but the rebound falls for Joao Palhinha. Verbruggen produces a great reaction save to deny the Portuguese’s deflected shot.
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