In the last phase, in desperation, in a quick move, Tottenham found the solution and fulfilled their promise against Luton, demanding the beginning of a comeback that ending of South Korean Heung Min Son which almost never fails.
It was a major victory, necessary for the London team to regain their place in the Champions League zone. To return to attack fourth place in the Premier which will take Aston Villa where he remains head to head for the vacancy in the top continental competition.
Asked after the previous day’s unexpected and indisputable defeat against Fulham, he had no margin for error. painting by Ange Postecoglou who found himself in the score against after three minutes, when the Dutchman Tahiti Chong received an accurate pass inside the area Ross Barkleyassisted from the left by Andros Townsendand scored.
again Luton ahead. Something common to the group of Robb Edwards which failed to maintain the advantages it was getting at the beginning of the matches. Luton failed to win, third to last bidder due to the safety of Nottingham Forest, with whom it was level on points.
The goal of avoiding relegation was close for most of the match for the visiting team, who maintained their lead despite the odds Timo Werner, at quarter of an hour, and of Heung Min’s son, in twenty minutes. Luton had a narrow escape. The South Korean shot and the ball hit both posts. Werner received an initial rejection but his shot bounced off Issa Kaboreel. Then he went to the foot of the Pape Matar Sarr who shot. Teden Mengi saved him under the sticks.
Luton breathed a sigh of relief when they also had a chance, on the brink of stoppage time, with an Alfie Doughty volley ending in a corner.
Luton’s resistance disappeared after the interval. Brennan Johnson getting on the field is key. It changed almost everything. In his combination with Spanish Pedro Porro He executed a cross into the area from the right wing. He goes for Timo Werner but he blocks Issa Kabore who accidentally took the ball towards his own goal.
The equalizer certainly motivated Tottenham, who stepped up. Oh He put the things behind him. He had a big chance in the 56th minute, with a low shot that the goalkeeper responded well. Thomas Kaminski.
But the South Korean did not disappoint in the next one, in the 86th minute, in the final period. In a quick move he directed from the left wing Timo Werner crossed the spot. Brennan Johnson received with his back and left the ball, soft, at the feet of Son of Heung Min which he did not forgive. He beat Kaminski.
Tottenham breathed a sigh of relief. The goal capped a long-awaited comeback that kept Spurs in fourth place, with their sights set on the next Champions League.
Data sheet:
2 – Tottenham: Guglielmo Vicario; Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Radu Dragusin, Destiny Udogie; Yves Bissouma (Richarlison, m.84), Pape Matar Sarr (Giovani Lo Celso, m.69); Dejan Kulusevski (Brennan Johnson, m.46), James Maddison (Rodrigo Bentancur, m.68), Timo Werner; and Heung Min Son (Pierre Emile Hojbjerg, d.89).
1 – Town of Luton: Thomas Kaminski; Reece Burke (Daiki Hashioka, m.46), Teden Mengi, Issa Kaboré; Luke Berry (Jordan Clark, m.63), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Ross Barkley, Alfie Doughty (Cauley Woodrow, m.83); Andros Townsend, Tahith Chong (Fred Onyedinma, d.73) and Carlton Morris.
Goals: 0-1, m.3: Tahith Chong; 1-1, m.51: Issa Kaboré, own goal; 2-1, m.86: Son of Heung Min.
Referee: Jarred Gillett. He showed yellow cards to Luton Town’s Ross Barkley, Reece Burke, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu and Teden Mengi and Tottenham’s Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and Tottenham’s Giovani Lo Celso.
Incidents: match equivalent to the thirty-first day of the Premier League played at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London.
Source: La Verdad
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