Brighton & & Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League– live! – The Guardian

Here’s Nick Ames’s report from the Amex.

Leandro Trossard, the goalscorer, speaks.

It’s a terrific outcome, we were almost there versus Fulham. It’s a sweet win. We waited a long period of time, we were the much better group and it feels fantastic. We constantly attempt to round off those relocations and I am actually delighted that we might score. We clingy to go on now. We might have made it 2-0 and we safeguarded well. Tottenham is a terrific group and we understood they would come at us.

Mike in Devizes is not delighted: “Jose’s face (82 minutes) is not as much an image of anger and despondency as mine, or the majority of Spurs fans I understand. Get this hazardous dinosaur out of my club.”

Take a look at the table. Poor checking out for Spurs, who have actually dropped from being leading in mid-December to 11 off the lead. And Brighton might be 4th from bottom however have a good space on the bottom 3.

A very first house win of the season brings big events. Spurs slope off and Mourinho’s expression is among somebody who has actually simply swallowed some pet dog worming tablets. Tottenham were rubbish, Gareth Bale confidential however Brighton was worthy of that. Trossard’s objective was exceptional. And they hardly ever searched in much threat.

90 +4 minutes: Spurs looking for a hail Mary, a wonder. Burn once again does his task by heading away. Which’s it. All over.

90 +3 minutes: Burn heads away and after that Alderweireld is fouled by Mac Allister to consume more time. Sanchez discovers Burn in the corner who holds it up there in the design of Martin Johnson. And they win a corner too.

90 +2 minutes: Lamela and Kid both have shots obstructed. Brighton pulling back all the method back in heavy numbers.

90 minutes: Brighton kick for area like a rugby group. Tottenham can’t go out.

89 minutes: Brighton take their time over the corner. Tottenham attempt to break however March is fouled and more time can be consumed.

88 minutes: Kid needs to go back to attempt and win the ball back. Brighton holding the ball in the corner, and win a corner.

87 minutes: Alderweireld goes off with a blood injury after his heroics and returns on. A free-kick for Lamela to flex in. Or shoot? He shoots directly into Sanchez. A sorry waste.

84 minutes: Oh my, Lamela nearly plays in Moura then Brighton charge on, and ought to have scored. Gross makes it through and centres the ball. Connolly has the objective open however in some way Alderweireld makes clear. Was the Irishman too casual?

82 minutes: José is using the face of the Lowry Hotel’s most popular visitor, and chunnering away to himself. If Tottenham do rescue something, they have actually been bad. And will have been really fortunate.

81 minutes: The last 10 minutes and a huge push from Tottenham. Or a moist squib? A charge claim as the ball comes off Ben White however it came off his chest and not arm.

79 minutes: 2 Brighton subs. Off go Trossard and Maupay. On come Lallana and Connolly, a fast forward and an old, calm head.

78 minutes: Trossard is down, and he took a knock after a nasty occurred after an offside choice. That is among the mistakes of simply using, as they provide for … a factor that leaves me and most others.

77 minutes: Tottenham – at last – placing on some pressure and Brighton’s defence is edging even more in reverse.

75 minutes: Kid, from deep, attempts a shot. That’s too far to difficulty Sanchez, who is hired to make a much more tough conserve from Vinicius. The ball was sneaking in at the near post. Does the Spurs revival start here?

73 minutes: Rhys e-mails in: “Frustrating stupunditry I hesitate. We are notified that Tottenham’s beginning XI is the very first not to consist of a single Englishman. There are 3 Welshmen though. 3 Welshmen are not ersatz Englishmen are they … anymore than Lloris is. Being a Brit Twit isn’t an excellent appearance. Attempt to prevent it eh.”

You will need to explain where I stated Welshmen were Englishmen. Did you miss out on the referral to Cliff Jones?

71 minutes: Ndombele is down once again. And wriggling. He got captured on the side of the foot by Maupay. Was it ponder? Hard to state.

70 minutes: Moura has rush hour ahead of him. And when Davies on the other flank attempts a cross, Ben White stops the threat.

68 minutes: Mac Allister – once again – takes a crack at obstructed, and it dribbles to a grateful Lloris. There are claims for a handball. None offered.

67 minutes: Brighton have actually been protecting well, which’s a clear invocation of the analyst’s/ MBMer’s curse.

66 minutes: Bergwijn attempts to make his method through however the ball gets stuck under his feet. Then Alderweireld is reserved for a relatively negative hack on Mac Allister. A reducer on the threat male that appeared like.

65 minutes: Jose does not look delighted and he can be heard advising Lucas Moura on in Portuguese.

64 minutes: Moura may include some more speed to Tottenham, and Brighton appear to have actually sat off currently. That appears a hazardous method. Mac Allister stays unsafe though, and Alderweireld needs to discover to stop him.

62 minutes: Off goes Bale. He looked well off it, let’s be truthful. What next for him? The MLS? Retirement? The Open?

61 minutes: Another Stimulates modification impends, and it’s Lucas Moura to come on. And it’s going to be Bale, isn’t it?

59 minutes: We are notified that Tottenham’s beginning XI is the very first not to consist of a single Englishman. There are 3 Welshmen though – Bale, Rodon and Davies. Cliff Jones would be happy.

58 minutes: Tottenham playing much better however Brighton still developing possibilities, and still most likely the much better group. Trossard gets the ball in for March and Alderweireld needs to make a block.

56 minutes: Veltman’s header from Gross’s corner. Then White shoots from the edge of the six-yard box and Lloris is required to make a low conserve. He may simply have actually kept Tottenham in this one.

53 minutes: Bale chase down the ball however goes for a corner on the right-hand side. He takes it too. It was their very first corner all night. Vinicius gets a header in, and Brighton keeper Sanchez makes a conserve, and with his legs. That’s without a doubt the closest Tottenham have actually come.

52 minutes: Kid, at last, takes a crack at. Webster obstructs. Real Tottenham pressure. A quick claim for a charge however it came off Webster’s chest.

50 minutes: Ndombele seeing more of the ball. However he’s likewise turned it over too. José will not like that.

49 minutes: Brighton appear to wish to press it in the exact same design as previously, and more power to them for it.

48 minutes: Tottenham maybe more energetic up until now in the couple of minutes of this half. There will have been a Portuguese flea in their ears.

46 minutes: So Spurs have a striker. What distinction does it make? Let’s see.

Appears Like José Mourinho didn’t remain long in the Tottenham dressing space. TELEVISION photos reveal him spending time outdoors. There’s a half-time switch. On comes Vinicius, off goes Davinson Sanchez.

More on José from the readers Justin: “To contribute to your earlier readers’ points about seeing Seagulls mobbing Cockerels and so on. Having actually enjoyed the Peacocks of Leeds spreading their plumes with such style previously, I believe we can all concur that the dodo will rebound prior to Mourinho’s brood take wing in comparable design. Mark is ideal: Time for Spurs to offer him the bird.”

Justin, the initial one, states: “Simply to clarify, I am a veteran Spurs fan. I am using a Tom Huddlestone-era t-shirt as I see and type this. I am getting used to this brand-new “viewpoint”.”

And George: This video game is offering me flashbacks of the 3-0 defeat that was maybe the last nail in the casket for the Pochettino dynasty. Will the Amex be the signal for the failure of another Tottenham supervisor?”

Brighton may be dissatisfied they didn’t get more than Trossard’s objective. They have actually transcended in all departments. Spurs have actually been really bad. Gareth Bale has actually wanted enough however anybody not familiar with him would have no concept he was as soon as among the very best British gamers of the last twenty years.

45 minutes: Hjoberg attempts to install a one-man attack however lacks space. Back goes the ball. Maupay plays Mac Allister for yet another shot. It goes broad.

44 minutes: Tottenham try some sort of push, maybe expecting what is being available in the dressing space. Brighton though stays organised.

43 minutes: Bale out on the left? He then moves infield to attempt and get on completion of a Hjoberg chip. He’s at least attempting to require the problem.

41 minutes: A pass to Bale is eliminated. Off go Brighton once again. Spurs are hemmed in. They can just turn to keeping the ball as their challengers are looking so organised.

40 minutes: This is really bad from Spurs. They have actually provided absolutely nothing in attack. Bale ties something on the right, however Brighton hold company. There appears to be an absence of belief within Spurs. Kid has actually been a traveler.

38 minutes: Mac Allister shoots however can just win a corner. Dunk head it, and it seems entering. When once again it’s Bale back doing the protective work.

36 minutes: Sissoko stops March, however did so by knocking him over. March takes the free-kick and Sissoko clears. A minimum of he cleaned up his own mess.

34 minutes: Tottenham needing to do more protecting. Brighton’s mobile forwards are connecting well compared to, well, Tottenham’s stable forwards. Trossard’s cross nearly discovers March on the back post. March can’t direct the ball back infield.

32 minutes: Tottenham fans are not delighted. Initially, David. “Obviously it’s apparent, as Mourinho states, that Kane is “irreplaceable”. However changing him with a centre forward needs to deserve a shot.

Jason, maybe not a Spurs fans: “I believe Spurs vs. Brighton is the most Mourinho, thinking about the mascots. Seagulls are vicious poaching scavengers. They are not good people. Battling cockerels are huge, strong, established without a compulsive view of the guidelines, and not constantly enjoyable to see. Mourinho’s method is to persuade combating cockerels to play like seagulls.”

And Mark: “I do not care we remain in a last, I’ll begin the whip round. Not just is he toxin, it’s awful to see. Please, Levy. Sack him.”

30 minutes: Trossard sends out Maupay away. Then Veltman’s cross is headed away. And what’s this? A Tottenham shot. Kid – yes, remember him – charges up, Bale participates in the relocation and Bergwijn wellies it broad.

28 minutes: Bale gets included … by heading the ball far from a Brighton corner. A minimum of he is revealing ready however there is very little taking place for him. Mourinho is pacing the sideline and looks much more dissatisfied than regular.

26 minutes: Solly March, to utilize his complete name, booms in a cross. Mac Allister is once again included and Ndombele heads away. He’s taken a knock after a previous clash with Mac Allister. He will be OKAY to continue.