The 24th round of the Premier League ushered in a game. Tottenham faced Brighton at home. Tottenham's results this season have been mediocre and they have been eliminated from both the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. In the league, Tottenham achieved 13 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in the first 23 rounds. Such results have allowed Tottenham to squeeze behind teams such as Manchester United, Newcastle United and Chelsea, becoming a very competitive team in the top four groups. Tottenham have only won 1 game in the past 4 games. In the absence of Son Heung-min, Tottenham's results were a bit worse. With Son Heung-min returning from the Asian Cup, people have more expectations for Tottenham. This time, Tottenham faced Brighton. The two sides have met Tottenham 2 times in the past 4 times, with 2 wins and 2 losses. Obviously, this game is no small challenge for Tottenham. As a result, Tottenham completed the reversal and scored all 3 points under very difficult circumstances.
Tottenham arranged a 433 formation. Risa Lisson, Werner and Kulusevski partnered to attack the trident. Son Heung-min, who just returned to the team, did not start and sat on the bench. Sarr, Bentancur and Maddison form a 3-midfielder. The back four of Polo, Romero, Van der Ven and Udoki started. Vicario serves as the starting goalkeeper. Brighton sent out an offensive combination of Kaoru Mikasa, Welbeck and Bonanotte.
Welbeck almost scored a goal shortly after the start. Fortunately, the goalkeeper was brave enough to resolve the danger. However, Tottenham still conceded the ball first. Van der Ven fouled and gave away points. Gross scored from the penalty kick. Afterwards, Risa Ritsatsu wasted an excellent single-shot opportunity. Mikasa Kaoru had a chance to expand the score, but his shot was resolved by the goalkeeper. Tottenham fell behind by 1 goal at halftime. Tottenham had 63% of the ball in the first half, took 7 shots, 2 were on target, and failed to score. Although Brighton only had 4 shots in the first half, they scored 1 goal.
In the second half, there was a big hole in Brighton's defense, allowing Sarr to receive the ball in a very good position and break into the penalty area. His cross was blocked and hit the post and bounced to his feet. He directly pushed and scored. Boshuai immediately replaced Son Heung-min and Brennan Johnson. This was to try to win and give it a try. As a result, this substitution had a magical effect. In stoppage time, it was Son Heung-min who assisted Brennan Johnson to score! The 58-year-old Bo Shuai completely changed the situation with his substitution. The final score was fixed at 2-1, and Tottenham scored a thrilling 3 points. It's not easy for Son Heung-min. He just came back from the Asian Cup and became a major contributor to the team's victory. His assists were so timely. With these 3 points, Tottenham defeated Aston Villa and moved up to fourth place.
