Brighton & Hove Albion staged a storming second-half comeback with Danny Welbeck sealing a 3-2 residence win over Tottenham Hotspur in a topsy-turvy Premier League conflict on Sunday.
Objectives by Brennan Johnson and James Maddison gave a dominant Spurs aspect a completely deserved 2-0 lead on the interval.
However the sport was turned the other way up after the break as Tottenham’s defence fell aside underneath stress to concede three objectives within the area of 18 minutes.
Yankuba Minteh pulled a objective again for the hosts three minutes after the restart earlier than Georginio Rutter levelled from shut vary. Welbeck then headed Brighton’s third after extra flimsy defending by the guests.
Brighton’s first win in 5 league video games lifted them above Spurs into sixth place within the desk with 12 factors from seven video games, whereas Tottenham are in ninth spot on 10.
When Johnson slotted in his sixth objective in six video games from Dominic Solanke’s move to reward 23 minutes of complete Tottenham management, the guests had been oozing with confidence.
Johnson, the primary Tottenham participant to attain in six successive video games since Harry Kane in 2019, might have added one other earlier than a sweeping Spurs transfer ended with Maddison’s shot sneaking previous at-fault Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen.
Welbeck twice got here shut for Brighton earlier than the interval however the hosts had been completely outplayed by Ange Postecoglou’s slick guests.
“First half was bitterly disappointing,” Welbeck advised Sky Sport. “The efficiency we put in was embarrassing and never one thing we wish to be a part of.”
No matter was mentioned at halftime by Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler labored a deal with as Brighton, with Pervis Estupinan on instead, a totally completely different proposition.
Tottenham had been napping as they failed to chop out a cross with Future Udogie’s horrible miskick falling for Minteh who took a contact earlier than driving a shot previous Guglielmo Vicario.
The objective rocked Tottenham and because the rain got here down on the south coast, they fell to items.
Ten minutes later winger Kaoru Mitoma performed a move in to Rutter and with Tottenham’s defenders failing to react he fired in Brighton’s leveller.
Brighton’s winner summed up Tottenham’s second-half show. Rutter ought to by no means have been capable of ship a cross from the proper however confirmed way more need than these attempting to cease him and when the ball was delivered throughout the world Welbeck had the best of duties to nod it into the web.
“Honest to say that the second half was unacceptable and we paid a value for that,” Postecoglou, who regarded surprised on the last whistle, mentioned. “We in all probability ought to have put it to mattress within the first half.
“What we did in that second half is unacceptable and we bought what we deserved.”
