Son Heung-min fires Tottenham return message as James Maddison perfectly sums up Brighton win

Son Heung-min and James Maddison have both sent clear Tottenham messages following the late Premier League win against Brighton. For the first time in four months, the vibrant attacking duo shared the pitch and following barrages of attacks, a winner finally arrived deep into added time.

After picking up the ball from deep, Maddison played a pass into Richarlison who unleashed Son down the left with his cross being turned home by Brennan Johnson at the back post. Despite a damning stat that shows Tottenham have conceded eight goals beyond the 90th minute, that was the third time Spurs have grabbed a winner in stoppage time at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in Premier League action this season.

With that in mind,Ange Postecoglou offered his take on the late goals, while also making his anger clear, following the victory. «I don't question the guys' character or mentality,» he said. «We've done that a number of times this year but I was really disappointed the way we went about it in the first half.

»You can't get away from that. We've got to this point because of certain things we do and I was disappointed we went away from that, but you can't question the character. The response was very positive. It's easy in that kind of scenario to go into your shell and feel sorry for yourself but I've never felt that way with this group.

«They always respond in the right way when given that sort of guidance. I felt they took it on board in the second half and made a difference to the game.» While Postecoglou was keen to not draw on the word 'character', Maddison did not hold the same opinion in his post to Instagram with the caption just that word followed by a white heart beneath a photo of him on his knees seconds after Johnson netted a