Brighton 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur. Brighton pulled off a remarkable comeback, overturning a two-goal deficit to beat Tottenham 3-2 in an exhilarating Premier League clash on the south coast. Tottenham appeared to be cruising to their sixth consecutive win in all competitions as they took a commanding 2-0 lead after 37 minutes.
Brennan Johnson opened the scoring with his sixth goal in as many games, timing his run perfectly to latch onto Dominic Solanke’s through ball before coolly finishing past Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen. Spurs doubled their advantage shortly after when James Maddison’s curled strike from outside the box found the back of the net. Although Verbruggen got both hands to the low shot, he couldn’t keep it out, leaving Brighton with a mountain to climb.
However, the Seagulls came out a different side in the second half, launching a thrilling fightback. Just three minutes after the restart, Kaoru Mitoma’s cross caused problems in the Tottenham box, and Destiny Udogie failed to clear the danger. This allowed Yankuba Minteh to pounce and slot home his first goal for Brighton since joining from Newcastle for £30 million.
Brighton continued to press, and Mitoma was at the heart of the action once again. In the 58th minute, he found Georginio Rutter, who skillfully twisted away from Micky van de Ven before firing a low shot past Guglielmo Vicario to level the score. Rutter’s work wasn’t done yet.
In the 74th minute, he chased down a loose ball near the b.
