Tottenham cling on to the Champions League thanks to referee errors

He Tottenham don’t want to get off the train going to Champions next year and, thanks to the freakish arbitration of Stuart Atwellhas added to the achievements of united and newcastle to continue the fight for the first four places. A great goal from Oh and another one at right they served the motivated to defeat a Brighton that he deserved more, but the two goals that could have been legal were nullified and he did not indicate a clear punishment in myth. An afternoon the ‘seagulls’ will never forget, who were exhausted By Zerbi at game time because of his repeated disagreements with his compatriot stellini.

It promises to be a heated game and, before the whistle is blown, the tension in the atmosphere is already palpable. The two managers got into an argument which saw the Brighton manager furious. Apparently, De Zerbi was angered by Stellini’s comments at the preview, when he wanted to downplay his work, saying he had benefited from Graham Potter.

Ten minutes later, Son-Heung Min opened the scoring with an excellent goal. The South Korean received a pass from Perisic on the balcony of the area, the ball focused and put a perfect thread on the squad of the goal of Steele, who had nothing to do before such a shooting. It was Son’s 100th goal Premierthe first Asian to achieve this mark.

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Despite starting ahead, it was clear to Tottenham from the start that they were facing one of the most uncomfortable opponents in this league, so they kept possession aside and limited themselves to exploiting their attacking trident to form a Kulusevsky very active, Kane and Son.

After some warning on the purpose of crywho is playing again in front of his fans, a mistake by Dier at the output pressure it may be the tie. Luckily for the locals, VAR disallowed Mitoma’s goal, controlling a cross with part of his arm. McAllister.

But Brighton, more confident and bold, equalized on 33′ from a corner, showing just how good De Zerbi’s strategy was. The captain of the seagulls, lewis dunkgot in at the far post alone and, unmarked, was able to head into the back of the net to go in with power.

At the beginning of the second halfWelbeck he managed to put Brighton first on the scoreboard. But VAR stepped in again ex officio. In a play that didn’t seem to carry too much risk, the English striker cut in Hojbjerg and, with a shot that seemed to bounce off Mac Allister’s arms, he scored a goal that was later disallowed.

The two technicians, fired

If the sparks had already flown in the initial greeting, the referee tired both coaches in the 60′ and sent them to the changing rooms. Not knowing how to control their coaching staff, Stellini and De Zerbi left with mutual derision, in a clear sign that something else had happened between them.

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It was time for the players to be the stars, although the match brought one controversy after another and the referee grabbed all the eyes. Mitoma claimed a penalty in the 70′ on a play where a stomp from Hojbjerg was clearly seen as not wanted by VAR.

Tottenham could not be luckier. Because a few minutes later, with a late ball from Hojbjerg to request DanjumaKane took it to use a powerful whip, which counted on deflecting the defense to break through the goal Steele.

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There might even be controversy after two grabs on the Dunk and March in the area, but the visitors were no longer satisfied or protested the arbitration decisions, because they knew it would not work in their favor if they wanted to get something positive from the London. Brighton tried until the end, with dangerous crosses into the box finding no place against a well planted defence.

In the end, the motivated they got the three points thanks to the referee’s ‘nudge’ and are still in the fight for the Champions League places (5th, 3 points behind Manchester United and Newcastle). Brighton also have options going into the match, as the southerners have two games in hand and are 7th with 46 points, 7 behind Europe.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

21

BRIGHTON

2 – Tottenham: Crying; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Porro, Skipp (Sarr, 88′), Hojbjerg, Perisic (Tanganga, 90+2′); Kulusevski (Danjuma, 78′), Son and Kane.
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1 – Brighton: Steele; Veltman (Enciso, 85′), Colwill (Webster, 69′), Dunk, Estupiñán; Caicedo, Gross, MacAllister; March, Mitoma and Welbeck (Ferguson, 66′).
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Thethe objectives: 1-0 Son Heung-Min (10′), 1-1 Dunk (34′), 2-1 Kane (79′)
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TheReferee: Stuart Atwell. He showed yellow cards to Perisic, Hojbjerg and Romero for Tottenham. He also booked Gross for Brighton. The two coaches, Christian Stellini and Roberto De Zerbi, were dismissed for arguing in the bench area.
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Thehappenings: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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