Alejo Veliz celebration, Richarlison frustration - 5 things spotted in Brighton vs Tottenham
Tottenham's run of three successive wins came to an abrupt end at the Amex Stadium on Thursday evening as Brighton & Hove Albion ran out 4-2 winners. Second best right from the first whistle, Spurs fell behind on 11 minutes as Jack Hinshelwood rifled the ball high into the net after finding himself in acres of space.
It was to then get even worse for Spurs as Dejan Kulusevski gave away a penalty for a pull on Danny Welbeck, thus allowing Joao Pedro the opportunity to net from 12 yards as he sent Guglielmo Vicario the wrong way.
Tottenham did threaten in first-half stoppage-time but Richarlison's deflected effort struck the outside of the box as Postecoglou's men looked to reduce the deficit, with the Brazilian then having two goals chalked off for offside after the break. Falling 4-0 behind following Pervis Estupinan's stunning strike from distance and another Joao Pedro penalty, Spurs set up a tense finale following Alejo Veliz and Ben Davies goals but they unfortunately couldn't find the net once again despite fashioning a number of openings.
Here are five things football.london spotted in the game on the south coast.
Dier situation
It just goes from bad to worse for Postecoglou on the Tottenham injury front. Already losing some key players over the course of the season and set to lose another three early next month due to the upcoming international tournaments, the Spurs boss now has to make do with Cristian Romero for a period of time.
The Argentina international sustained a hamstring strain in the first half of the win over Everton and he will now be absent for potentially five weeks. As a result of his injury, Emerson Royal remained in the Spurs team but shifted over from left-back to partner Ben Davies at
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