After an embarrassing wave of 1 draw and 4 defeats, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Newcastle and defeated Everton in the last 2 rounds of the league and returned to the winning track. In the 19th round of the Premier League, Tottenham returned to the new White Hart Lane stadium to face Everton, Richarlison killed the old owner, Son Xingmin extended the advantage, Andre Gomez pulled back a goal but to no avail, Tottenham won 2:1, and has overtaken Manchester City in the standings.
Everton had previously been deducted as much as 10 points by the FA due to financial problems, but this directly boosted the morale of the Toffees, who have scored 12 points in the past four league games and jumped out of the relegation zone. Tottenham Hotspur were again sidelined with injuries and were suspended for red cards by Souma and Udoki, with Skipp starting the game and pairing Sarr in a back two, Emerson switching to the left to form a backline with Ben Davies, Romero and Poro, Kulusevski, Son Heung-min, Brennan Johnson and Richarlison in attack, and Vicario in goal.
In the 4th minute, Miko's push in the corner kick was too positive and was confiscated by Vicario, and in the 8th minute, Everton counterattacked, Ghana broke through the ball, and Calvert-Lewin's solo goal was destroyed by Romero. After adapting to the opening, Tottenham Hotspur gradually found the offensive feeling, in the 9th minute, Sarr on the right side of the rib plugged straight, Brennan Johnson crossed forward, Richarlison pushed the goal in front of the goal, 1:0! In the face of the savior, Richarlison broke the deadlock without relenting, this is already his 3 consecutive league games, and scored 4 goals, which was completely unimaginable before, of course, in respect, Richarlison did not celebrate after the goal.
In the 13th minute, Emerson crossed from the left, Brennan Johnson, who grabbed the point in front of the goal, missed most of the empty goal; in the 17th minute, Lewin shook his head in the penalty area, Vicario flew to save the goal; in the 18th minute, Kulusevski plugged through, Brennan Johnson's volley from a small angle was blocked, and Son Xingmin made up for the opportunity to expand the advantage, 2:0! Son Xingmin also scored consecutive goals, and the number of league goals this season has come to 11 goals, tied with Salah, second only to Haaland.
Even after two goals down, Everton still forced the Tottenham backline to make frequent mistakes through high pressing, in the 41st minute, Patterson knocked down the right side, Mikolenko at the back point shot low, before half-time, Andre Gomez was in front of the backfield, Jack Harrison advanced into the penalty area and pushed into the near corner and was cleared by Vicario.
In the 51st minute of the second half, Andre Gomez counter-attacked Emerson in front of the field and plugged through, and Calvert-Lewin pulled one back with a powerful shot from a tight angle, but VAR intervened because Andre Gomez was fouled when he grabbed the ball, and the goal was disallowed. In the 61st minute, Jack Harrison crossed diagonally from the right, and Garner stepped forward into the box and fired a low shot at the far post! Seeing that Everton's attack was wave after wave, Postecoglou immediately used Hojbjerg to remove Richarlison to strengthen the defense.
In the 74th minute, Kulusevski cut diagonally to resist Patterson's defense and fired a low shot into the near corner, and Pickford quickly fell to the ground to seal the ball; In the 82nd minute, Everton had a corner kick opportunity, Tottenham cleared the ball and rose to the top, Andre Gomez followed up with a strong shot and hit the corner, 2:1! Andre Gomez was injured by Son Heung-min in an accidental tackle against Tottenham four years ago, and was seriously injured by a broken leg, and was loaned to Lille last season, and this game was his first appearance of the season.
1 minute later, Everton made a comeback, Danjuma received the ball in front of the field and passed Dale volley, Vicario flew to lift the ball out of the bottom line; in the 95th minute, McNeil picked up a pass to the back post of the penalty area, Danjuma volleyed from close range, Vicario was out of reach, but the ball hit the crossbar impartially and bounced out! Tottenham finally withstood Everton's final counterattack, 2With 1 winning three points in a row, Tottenham Hotspur has won three consecutive league games and overtaken Manchester City to move to third place in the league with one more game in hand, leaving only three points away from Arsenal at the top of the table.