Tottenham vs Brighton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Trossard scores late winner
Tottenham 0-1 Brighton: Follow all the reaction as Spurs slip to a damaging late loss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur blew a chance to strengthen their grip on fourth place in the Premier League as they suffered a dramatic, late 1-0 home defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion.
Antonio Conte’s side produced a lacklustre display and looked set for a frustrating stalemate before Leandro Trossard made things even worse with a 90th-minute winner.
After four successive wins, the pre-match mood in north London was one of optimism but Tottenham’s performance was in stark contrast to the bright spring sunshine. They managed only one goal attempt in a dismal first half in which Brighton were by far the better side.
Spurs showed a little more urgency after the break with Son Heung-min twice having shots blocked, but the Seagulls always carried the greater goal threat and deservedly took the points when Trossard cut in from the left and beat Hugo Lloris with a low angled shot with the outside of his foot.
Follow all the latest score updates from Tottenham vs Brighton below.
Tottenham 0 - 0 Brighton
3 mins: Tottenham take too long knocking the ball around their own back line and Brighton nick it off Cristian Romero high up the pitch. Pascal Gross makes a decent run into the box but loses the ball to Eric Dier as he tries to cut back onto his right-foot. The ball comes loose and Emerson Royal boots it away for Spurs.
Kick off: Tottenham 0 - 0 Brighton
Brighton get the match started with a long ball up the right side of the pitch that Tottenham clear without too much trouble. The ball is knocked back to Marc Cucurella who sends it across to Brighton’s left wing. Harry Kane presses up the pitch and wins the ball sending Spurs into a slight counter-attack. He drives inside and lets fly with an early effort at goal that Robert Sanchez clings onto.
Tottenham vs Brighton
Here come the teams. This should be a decent game but history is not kind to Brighton. Tottenham have won their last eight fixtures played at home against Brighton.
Will they make it nine this afternoon?
Tottenham vs Brighton
This is Brighton’s fifth season in the Premier League since winning promotion in 2017 - and they could finish in the top-half of the table after securing 16th, 15th, 17th and 15th in the past four campaigns.
They start the weekend in 11th spot and will climb above Crystal Palace - who are in FA Cup semi-final action on Sunday - into 10th if they avoid defeat.
Brighton’s last six games after this are Manchester City (away), Southampton (home), Wolves (away), Manchester United (home), Leeds (away) and West Ham (home).
Tottenham vs Brighton
Dejan Kulusevski could become the first Premier League player to provide seven assists in his first 10 starts.
Tottenham vs Brighton
Enock Mwepu has one goal and four assists from his last three top-flight starts, with Brighton winning all three of those games.
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Antonio Conte spoke about what he is expecting from today’s game against Brighton saying:
“The game against Brighton wont be easy, we are trying to give the right message to our players because it’s a really important game.
“We are going to a play a team that is really strong, played them twice in the last period and in both games we struggled a lot against them. They are well organised, have good players, a good manager, won last game against Arsenal and they deserved to win."
Tottenham vs Brighton
Harry Kane has seven Premier League assists from 14 appearances in 2022 - he registered five in 36 matches last year - and Kane has scored eight times in nine games against Brighton in all competitions.
Tottenham’s key man today?
Tottenham vs Brighton
Tottenham have scored 34 league goals in 2022, the joint-best record in Europe’s top five divisions along with RB Leipzig.
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