Joao Pedro and Brighton beat Tottenham

He Ante Postecoglou’s Tottenham unable to regain fourth place in the Premier (that Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City snatched from him on Wednesday) after losing against the Brighton at The Amex, where Spurs lost 4-0 and eventually lost 4-2, putting the excitement to an end.

Despite his defeat, the Brighton by Roberto De Zerbi played a great game against a Tottenham with two goals disallowed, both from Richarlison for offside, and where is the defense, in the absence of the injured world champion Cristian Romero, He has many problems.

It only took 11 minutes Brighton to advance on the scoreboard. He scored there Jack Hinshelwood kick with the right, after receiving help from João Pedroone of the great protagonists of the match, because he achieved a double, both goals from penalties.

So, in the 23rd minute João Pedro scored the ‘Seagulls’ second goal, in this case by converting a maximum penalty taken by Dejan Kulusevski about Danny Welbeck. Things didn’t go well for the Spurs. At 2-0, Richarlison hit the post.

Already in the second half, Estupiñán made it 3-0, a great goal, with a good shot, after receiving the ball sent to him by James Milner. 3-0 and it’s the 63rd minute. But Brighton wanted more and there was another penalty in favor of Roberto de De Zerbi’s team, scored by Lo Celso. Joao Pedro did not fail to change this.

The 4-0 scoreline was very painful for Tottenham, but they managed to recover. So, in the 81st minute, Véliz scored, after receiving the ball from Song Heung-min, the first goal for Spurs, after a robbery at Brighton’s exit. And, after Pedro Porro’s pass, Ben Davies scored with a header in the 86′ to make it 4-2. Tottenham had a chance to score a few more goals. So, Hojbjerg hit the post with a shot. Postecoglou’s team showed pride, but victory went to Brighton 7th.