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.
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Brighton have lost just four of their 19 away fixtures this season in all competitions with seven wins and eight draws. They are vying to earn a club record sixth top-flight away win in a season.
Tottenham vs Brighton: Conte on qualifying for Champions League
Antonio Conte says today’s game is an important moment for Tottenham in their hunt of a Champions League place. Victory would give them a six point lead over chasers Arsenal and Conte wants to make qualifying for the Champions League a ‘normal’ thing for Spurs.
“It’s an important moment,” he said. “There are not many left to play and every game has to be a final. The importance of the game brings more pressure - that has to be normal for a club like Tottenham.
“The Champions League is a competition that every club, every player and every manager wants to play in. It can change your life, for this reason, it’s important to have this great goal, it changes your life, this situation has to give us a great push and a great desire to finish the season in the best possible way."
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Tottenham are aiming to win five consecutive Premier League games for the first time since December 2018. Antonio Conte’s side have scored at least twice in each of their last seven top-flight matches
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The Seagulls have arrived at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium and will be out for the warm-ups soon.
Tottenham vs Brighton: Head-to-head
Tottenham have won eight consecutive home games against Brighton in all competitions, including all four Premier League meetings.
Brighton’s last top-flight away victory at Spurs came at White Hart Lane in October 1981 and the Seagulls have lost 12 of their last 17 matches with Tottenham.
Their three wins in that period all came at home.
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Antonio Conte tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of this week’s game and spoke about how he manages to prepare the team without close contact.
"I attended the training session but from distance.” said Conte, “I had my staff, they did a really good job after the game against Aston Villa and the day after, I started to feel a bit of mild symptoms, a bit of pain in my throat. I asked to have a Covid test and it was positive, but now I’m fine.
“I’m well and for sure this was a strange week for me and the players, they are used to have sessions with me but it’s OK because my staff are doing a great job.
"I think on Saturday, I will be able to be with my players on the bench given the length of time from my Covid test, I think I can stay on the bench on Saturday."
Tottenham vs Brighton: Team changes
Antonio Conte makes just one change to his Tottenham team from the 11 that started against Aston Villa last week. Matt Doherty is injured and gets replaced with Sergio Reguilon.
There’s one change for Graham Potter’s men as well. Tariq Lamptey comes in to replace Danny Welbeck.
Tottenham vs Brighton: Line-ups
Tottenham XI: Lloris, Royal, Romero, Dier, Davies, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Kulusevski, So, Kane
Brighton XI: Sanchez, Lamptey, Cucurella, Dunk, Veltman, Bissouma, Mac Allister, Mwepu, Gross, Caicedo, Trossard
Tottenham vs Brighton: Premier League standings
Tottenham come into the game sitting fourth in the Premier League with a three point cushion over Arsenal in fifth although they have played a game more than the Gunners. Spurs’ goal difference (+19) is superior to Arsenal’s (+9) as well so another three points for Antonio Conte’s men would take them a step closer to Champions League football next year.
Brighton have dipped back into the bottom half of the table after a run of five league defeats which they ended with a 0-0 draw against Norwich two weeks agao before picking up another three points in a 2-1 victory over Arsenal last time out. The Seagulls head into today’s match 11th in the table and Graham Potter will be aiming for a top-10 finish during the final few games of the season.
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